The effectiveness of intraocular pressure reduction in the treatment of normal-tension glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 498-505

  Schulzer, Michael ^a   Alward, W Lee ^b   Feldman, Frederick ^c   Cashwell, L Frank ^d   Wilensky, Jacob ^e   Geijssen, H Caroline ^f   Greeve, Erik ^f   Quigley, Harry ^g   Skuta, Greg ^h   Lichter, Paul R ^h   Blondeau, Pierre ⁱ   Anderson, Douglas R ^j   Grajewski, Alana ^j   Hodapp, Elizabeth ^j   Balazsi, Gordon ^k   Amyot, Marcel ^l   Levene, Ralph Z ^m   Minckler, Don ⁿ   Heuer, Dale ⁿ   Drance, Stephen M ^a   Mikelberg, Fred ^a   Douglas, Gordon ^a   Johnstone, Murray ^o   Trope, Graham ^c   Hoskins, H Dunbar ^q   Pollack, Irvin P ^r   Mills, Richard ^s   Kasner, Oscar P ^t   Schwartz, Arthur ^u   Liebmann, Jeffrey ^v   Ritch, Robert ^v   Cohen, John ^w   Tuulonen, Anja ^p   Airaksinen, P Juhani ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^e University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k Rene Laennee Clinic   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁿ DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^o SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^u Jewish General Hospital ^*  (United States)

^v NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^w CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032189334     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00272-4     Document Type: Article

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