Comparison of the effects of latanoprost and bimatoprost on central corneal thickness

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 398-402

  Sen, Emine ^a,b   Nalcacioglu, Pinar ^a   Yazici, Alper ^a   Nur Aksakal, Fatma ^a   Altinok, Ayse ^a   Tuna, Tulay ^a   Koklu, Gultekin ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Ulucanlar Eye Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bimatoprost; Central corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Latanoprost

Indexed keywords

BIMATOPROST; LATANOPROST; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CLOPROSTENOL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPACHYMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DEVICE; DRUG EFFECT; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONOMETER; ULTRASOUND; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA;

AMIDES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLOPROSTENOL; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 58149137313     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31815d784c     Document Type: Article

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