Switching from dorzolamide to brinzolamide: Effect on intraocular pressure and patient comfort [5]

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-69

  Inoue, Kenji ^a,b   Wada, Shige Aki ^a   Wakakura, Masato ^a   Inoue, Jiro ^a   Tomita, Goji ^b  

^a Inoue Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brinzolamide; Dorzolamide; Intraocular pressure; Patient comfort; Switching

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BRINZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLURRED VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; TASTE DISORDER; TONOMETER; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SULFONAMIDES; THIAZINES; THIOPHENES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 32044475388     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecja.10230     Document Type: Letter

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