Influence of surgical reduction of intraocular pressure on regions of the visual field with different levels of sensitivity

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 496-500

  Salim, Sarwat ^a   Paranhos Jr , Augusto ^a,b   Lima, Maurea ^a   Shields, M Bruce ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034806787     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(01)01188-6     Document Type: Article

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