The results of trabeculectomy with and without mitomycin C in young patients

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 399-403

  Yalvac, Ilgaz Sagdic ^a,b   Nurözler, Ayse ^a   Kahraman, Canan ^a   Kasim, Remzi ^a   Duman, Sunay ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Juvenile glaucoma; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031693259     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027375     Document Type: Article

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