'Cyclodiode': Results of a standard protocol

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-316

  Spencer, Anne Fiona ^a   Vernon, Stephen A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIODE LASER; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033057148     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.3.311     Document Type: Article

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