Comparison of initial treatment response to two enhanced-viscosity artificial tears

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 148-152

  Noecker, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial tears; Dry eye; Restasis; Systane

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUORESCEIN; MACROGOL 400; REFRESH LIQUIGEL; SYSTANE; DRUG VEHICLE; EYE DROPS; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SURFACTANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY EYE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISCOSITY; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEHICLES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33745784676     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000181819.63425.a6     Document Type: Article

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