The utility of cap color and bottle characteristics for topical glaucoma therapy

Catherine M. Marando; Leonard K. Seibold; Jeffrey R. Soohoo; Mina B. Pantcheva; Pradeep Y. Ramulu; Malik Y. Kahook

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.04.039

The utility of cap color and bottle characteristics for topical glaucoma therapy

Catherine M. Marando, Leonard K. Seibold, Jeffrey R. Soohoo, Mina B. Pantcheva, Pradeep Y. Ramulu, Malik Y. Kahook

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2577-2578
Number of pages	2
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	122
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.04.039
State	Published - Dec 2015

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