Value of ultrasound biomicroscopy for ciliodestructive procedures

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Brancato, Rosario ^a   Carassa, Roberto G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B SCAN; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY BODY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLERA;

EID: 0029737443     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199604000-00015     Document Type: Review

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