New concept of glaucoma; primarily an optic neuropathy, not a disease of the anterior chamber angle;Förändrad syn på glaukom: I första hand en optikusneuropati, inte en sjukdom i ögats kammarvinkel

Lakartidningen

Volumn 96, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1688-1691

  Heijl, Anders ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Universitetssjukhuset   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SWEDEN; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033531514     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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