Does laser trabeculoplasty prevent steroid glaucoma?

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-110

  Galin, Miles A ^a,c   Hirschman, Henry ^c   Gould, Herbert ^b   Hofmann, Ilan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; TONOMETRY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034020934     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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