Diode laser transscleral cyclophotocoagulation

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 426-429

  Gupta, Neeru ^a,b   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031445872     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199712000-00013     Document Type: Article

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