The rarity of clinically significant rise in intraocular pressure after laser peripheral iridotomy with apraclonidine

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2256-2259

  Lewis, Richard ^a   Perkins, Todd W ^a   Gangnon, Ron ^b   Kaufman, Paul L ^a   Heatley, Gregg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRACLONIDINE; PILOCARPINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0032470644     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91225-8     Document Type: Article

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