Current state of the one-eye trial of glaucoma medications

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 492-493

  Leffler, Christopher T ^a   Hennessy, Amy ^a   Farukhi, Yousaf Z ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; RESEARCH;

EID: 50849120361     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01810.x     Document Type: Letter

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