Side-effect profile of brimonidine tartrate in children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2143.e1-2143.e7

  Al Shahwan, Sami ^a   Al Torbak, Abdullah A ^a   Turkmani, Shahira ^a   Al Omran, Mamdouh ^a   Al Jadaan, Ibrahim ^a   Edward, Deepak P ^a,b  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRACLONIDINE; BRIMONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING DISORDER; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE BURNING; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERVIEW; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEWBORN; OCULAR PRURITUS; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 28344451707     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.06.035     Document Type: Article

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