Correlation between water-drinking test outcomes and body mass index in primary open-angle glaucoma patients under clinical treatment

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 513-516

  Lima, Verônica C ^a   Prata, Tiago S ^a   Lobo, Rodrigo A B ^a   Paranhos Jr , Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIMONIDINE; BRINZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WATER LOADING;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DRINKING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; WATER;

EID: 52449096722     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2007.0127     Document Type: Article

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