Incidence of delayed onset infection after trabeculectomy with adjunctive mitomycin C or 5-fluorouracil treatment

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 877-883

  Mochizuki, Kiyofumi ^a   Jikihara, Shuichi ^a   Ando, Yuko ^a   Hori, Nobuhide ^a   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PYRIMIDINE ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0030729676     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.10.877     Document Type: Article

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