Calcium channel blockers in the management of low-tension and open-angle glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 608-613

  Netland, P A ^a   Chaturvedi, N ^a   Dreyer, E B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILTIAZEM; NIFEDIPINE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0027175545     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)71458-8     Document Type: Article

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