Long term results of glaucoma surgery among participants in an east African population survey

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 860-864

  Quigley, Harry A ^a   Buhrmann, Ralf R ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   Isseme, I ^a   Scudder, Marilyn ^a   Oliva, Matthew S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRABECULECTOMY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033876765     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.8.860     Document Type: Article

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