Comparison between two cyclooxygenase inhibitors in an experimental dry eye model in albino rabbits

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-173

  El Shazly, Amany Hassan Mohamed ^a   El Gohary, Amal Ahmad ^a   El Shazly, Laila Hassan Mohamed ^b   El Hossary, Ghada Ghanem ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b General Organization for Teaching Hospitals and Institutes   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Atropine sulphate; Dry eye model; Ketorolac; Nimesulide; Rabbit; Schirmer test I

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; KETOROLAC; NIMESULIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EYE INFLAMMATION; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCHIRMER TEST; TEAR FLOW; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 44649097838     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10007-008-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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