Bullous keratopathy as a complication of trabeculectomy with mitomycin C

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1284-1287

  Mietz, Holger ^a,b   Roters, Sigrid ^b   Krieglstein, Günter K ^b  

^a Aschaffenburg Eye Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mitomycin; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; TRABECULECTOMY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 30344485966     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-1170-5     Document Type: Article

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