Effect of topical dorzolamide on rabbit central corneal thickness

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-281

  Almeida, G C ^a,b   Faria e Souza, S J ^c  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonic anhydrase inhibition; Corneal thickness; Dorzolamide; Ultrasonic pachymetry

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; PLACEBO; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; SULFONAMIDE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; ULTRASONIC PACHYMETRY; ANIMAL; CORNEA; RANDOMIZATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CORNEA; MALE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 33646202848     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000200015     Document Type: Article

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