Continued use of dorzolamide for the treatment of cystoid macular oedema in patients with retinitis pigmentosa

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 743-745

  Fishman, Gerald A ^a,b   Apushkin, Marsha A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACULAR EDEMA, CYSTOID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34249823340     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.107466     Document Type: Article

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