Mitomycin C and 5-fluorouracil antimetabolite therapy for pediatric glaucoma filtration surgery

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-37

  Snir, Moshe ^a,b,c   Lusky, Moshe ^b,c   Shalev, Benjamin ^a,c   Gaton, Dan ^b,c   Weinberger, Dov ^b,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANTIMETABOLITES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MITOMYCIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033978032     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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