Comparison of local acetylcysteine and artificial tears in the management of dry eye syndrome;Usporedba djelovanja lokalno apliciranog acetilcisteina i umjetnih suza u liječenju suhog oka

Acta Medica Croatica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Pokupec, Rajko ^a,b   Petriček, Igor ^b   Šikić, Jakov ^b   Bradić, Mirna ^b   Popović Suić, Smiljka ^b   Petriček, Goranka ^c  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine; Artificial tears; Dry eye syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; EXPECTORANT AGENT; EYE DROPS;

ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AGED; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33644799847     PISSN: 13300164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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