Dorzolamide-timolol combination and retinal vessel oxygen saturation in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1064-1067

  Traustason, S ^a,b   Hardarson, S H ^a,b   Gottfredsdottir, M S ^b   Eysteinsson, T ^a   Karlsson, R A ^a   Stefansson E ^a,b   Harris, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; RETINAL VESSELS; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049088540     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148460     Document Type: Article

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