Needling with intra-bleb 5-fluorouracil for intractable neovascular glaucoma

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-42

  Ophir, Avinoam ^a,b   Porges, Yair ^a,b  

^a HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEEDLE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTIMETABOLITES; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033954442     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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