Noncompliance with drug therapy of glaucoma: a review about intervening factors

Glaucoma is defined as an optic neuropathy, characterized for loss of visual field and injury of the optic nerve, being considered as the second cause of blindness in the world, which could be prevented by the use of antiglaucoma eyedrops. The lack of adhesion of the patient to the drug treatment ca...

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Main Authors: Aldemar Nemésio Brandão Vilela de Castro, Wander Araújo Mesquita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000300010