Predicting intraocular pressure change before initiating therapy: Timolol versus latanoprost

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-418

  Van Der Valk, Rikkert ^a   Webers, Carroll A B ^a   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   de Vogel, Stefan C ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Schouten, Jan S A G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Latanoprost; Ocular hypertension; Predictive factor; Primary open angle glaucoma; Timolol

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN F;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; NETHERLANDS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; TIMOLOL;

EID: 47649094900     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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