Improvement of spatial contrast sensitivity threshold after surgical reduction of intraocular pressure in unilateral high-tension glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 197-201

  Gandolfi, Stefano A ^a,b   Cimino, Luca ^a   Sangermani, Chiara ^a   Ungaro, Nicola ^a   Mora, Paolo ^a   Tardini, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Oftalmologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERIMETRY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL CONTRAST SENSITIVITY THRESHOLD; TRABECULECTOMY; UNILATERAL HIGH TENSION GLAUCOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 11144252227     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-0199     Document Type: Article

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