Primary trabeculectomy in young adults: Long-term clinical results and factors influencing the outcome

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 637-646

  Jacobi, Philipp C ^a   Dietlein, Thomas S ^a   Krieglstein, Günter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032863517     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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