Clinical and ocular histopathological findings in a patient with normal- pressure glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 993-1001

  Wax, Martin B ^a   Tezel, Gülgün ^a   Edward, P Deepak ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032461801     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.8.993     Document Type: Article

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