A review of trabeculectomy in East Asian people - The influence of race

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-252

  Husain, Rahat ^a,b   Clarke, J C K ^b,c   Seah, S K L ^a   Khaw, P T ^b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Chinese; Glaucoma; Race; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PILOCARPINE; STEROID;

ASIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; CHOROID DETACHMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 16844386422     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701477     Document Type: Review

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