Influence of argon laser trabeculoplasty on transforming growth factor-beta 2 concentration and bleb scarring following trabeculectomy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 241, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 631-636

  Wimmer, Iris ^a   Welge Luessen, Ulrich ^b   Picht, Greda ^a   Grehn, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; FLUOROURACIL; STEROID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGON; BLISTER; CICATRIX; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

EID: 0141627432     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-003-0721-x     Document Type: Article

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