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SUBMITTER: Konieczka K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590090 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Konieczka Katarzyna K Koch Simone S Hauenstein Daniela D Chackathayil Thomas Navin TN Binggeli Tatjana T Schoetzau Andreas A Flammer Josef J
Translational vision science & technology 20190501 3
<h4>Purpose</h4>The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the glaucoma drugs latanoprost, brimonidine, and the combination of both on the central corneal temperature (CT) of healthy subjects by means of infrared thermography. Changes of the central CT may reflect changes of ocular blood flow.<h4>Methods</h4>Before application and during 2 hours after the application of latanoprost, brimonidine, or the combination of both in one eye, the CT in both eyes of 40 healthy subjects was me ...[more]