What is practical in glaucoma management?

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1125-1132

  Rotchford, A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Blindness; Glaucoma; Screening; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PLACEBO;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 29244433034     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701972     Document Type: Article

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