Tropicamide 1% mydriatic effect: Comparison between spray in closed eyes and eye drops in open eyes

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 632-635

  Portes, Arlindo José Freire ^a   Barbosa, Annamaria Ciminelli ^a   De Mello, Guilherme Laport ^a   Lopes, Marcelo Antunes ^a   Cavalcanti, Rachel Simões ^a  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; TROPICAMIDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INSTILLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PUPIL REFLEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VAPORIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, OPHTHALMIC; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PUPIL; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAMIDE;

EID: 84869485688     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2011.0253     Document Type: Article

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