A comparison of the effects of 0.005% latanoprost and fixed combination dorzolamide/timolol on retrobulbar haemodynamics in previously untreated glaucoma patients

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-73

  Martínez, Antonio ^a,b   Sánchez, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler; Dorzolamide timolol fixed combination; Glaucoma; Latanoprost

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30844468638     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X80215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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