Ab-interno goniotrabeculotomy versus mitomycin C trabeculectomy for adult open-angle glaucoma: A 2-year randomized clinical trial

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1357-1362

  Quaranta, Luciano ^a,b,c,d   Hitchings, Roger A ^b   Quaranta, Carlo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033497851     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00725-3     Document Type: Article

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