A randomised, prospective study comparing selective laser trabeculoplasty with latanoprost for the control of intraocular pressure in ocular hypertension and open angle glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1413-1417

  Nagar, M ^b   Ogunyomade, A ^a   O'Brart, David P S ^a   Howes, F ^b   Marshall, J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Clayton Eye Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; KETOROLAC; LATANOPROST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 27344443742     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.052795     Document Type: Article

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