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Topical ocular dexamethasone decreases intraocular pressure and body weight in rats

BACKGROUND: Recently, topical dexamethasone-induced ocular hypertension and a consequent loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) have been described in mice. This has been proposed as a model of steroid-induced glaucoma. In this study, we set up and evaluated a similar model in rats. RESULTS: Ten-week...

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Autores principales: Sato, Kota, Nishiguchi, Koji M., Maruyama, Kazuichi, Moritoh, Satoru, Fujita, Kosuke, Ikuta, Yoshikazu, Kasai, Hitoshi, Nakazawa, Toru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4789283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26971048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12952-016-0048-x