The contribution of vitreoretinal surgery to the management of refractory glaucomas

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-120

  Kirchhof, Bernd ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; IRIS RUBEOSIS; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITRECTOMY;

GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; LIGHT COAGULATION; RETINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032782534     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199904000-00007     Document Type: Article

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