Visual recovery after trabeculectomy

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 228-234

  Seah, Steve K L ^a,b   Prata, Joao A ^a,c   Minckler, Don S ^a   Lee, Martha B ^a   Baerveldt, George ^a   Lee, Paul P ^a   Heuer, Dale K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimetabolites; Hypotony; Trabeculectomy; Visual acuity; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REACTION TIME; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029113237     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199508000-00003     Document Type: Article

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