Laser trabeculoplasty versus medication treatment as primary therapy for glaucoma

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 275-280

  Tuulonen, Anja ^a   Koponen, Jari ^a   Alanko, Hannu I ^a   Airaksinen, P Juhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

argon laser trabeculoplasty (ALT); capsular glaucoma; intraocular pressure; medication therapy; retinal nerve fiber layer; simple glaucoma

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; TRABECULOPLASTY;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; PILOCARPINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIMOLOL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0024409062     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1989.tb01871.x     Document Type: Article

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