Erbium:YAG laser ablation on human trabecular meshwork by contact delivery endoprobes

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 939-945

  Dietlein, Thomas S ^a   Jacobi, Philipp C ^a   Krieglstein, Günter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIBEROSCOPE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ERBIUM; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0029851998     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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