Oral niacin can increase intraocular pressure

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-342

  Tittler, Ethan H ^a   de Barros, Daniela S Monteiro ^a   Navarro, Julia B V Kuntz ^a   Freitas, Daniel G J ^a   Gheith, Moataz E ^a   Siam, Ghada A ^a   Spaeth, George L ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; LATANOPROST; NICOTINIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TONOMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NIACIN; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 51349126863     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20080701-17     Document Type: Article

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