Delayed post-operative use of 5-fluorouracil as an adjunct in medically uncontrolled open angle glaucoma

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 701-706

  Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a,b   Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Ciancaglini, Marco ^a   Zuppardi, Eduardo ^a   Lobefalo, Lucio ^a   Gallenga, Pier E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimetabolite; Ocular massage; Primary open angle glaucoma; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PROBABILITY; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031714521     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.172     Document Type: Article

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