Postoperative systemic corticosteroid treatment and Molteno implant surgery: A randomized clinical trial

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-56

  Välimäki, Juha ^a,b   Airaksinen, P Juhani ^a   Tuulonen, Anja ^a   Risteli, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glaucoma drainage implant; Markers of collagen metabolism; Strabismus; Systemic corticosteroid treatment

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032905236     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770112.x     Document Type: Article

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