Smoothing the Intraocular Pressure Roller Coaster: A New Goal?

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-178

  Jay Katz, L ^a   Myers, Jonathan S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; LATANOPROST; TIMOLOL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MONITOR; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TELEMETRY; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; RISK FACTORS; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650351538     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.03.033     Document Type: Editorial

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