A network meta-analysis combined direct and indirect comparisons between glaucoma drugs to rank effectiveness in lowering intraocular pressure

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1279-1283

  van der Valk, Rikkert ^a   Webers, Carroll A B ^a   Lumley, Thomas ^b   Hendrikse, Fred ^a   Prins, Martin H ^a   Schouten, Jan S A G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Meta analysis; Network; Ocular hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETAXOLOL; BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; BRINZOLAMIDE; DORZOLAMIDE; LATANOPROST; PLACEBO; TIMOLOL; TRAVOPROST;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; NETWORK META ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350565069     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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