Additional reduction in intraocular pressure achieved with latanoprost in normal-tension glaucoma patients previously treated with unoprostone

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-337

  Enoki, Miho ^a,b   Saito, Jun ^a,b   Hara, Makiko ^a,b   Uchida, Tetsuya ^a,b   Sagara, Takeshi ^b   Nishida, Teruo ^b  

^a Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Latanoprost; Normal tension glaucoma; Prostaglandin F2 ; Unoprostone

Indexed keywords

LATANOPROST; UNOPROSTONE ISOPROPYL ESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746771358     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-005-0334-5     Document Type: Article

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