24-Hour Intraocular Pressure Control with Maximum Medical Therapy Compared with Surgery in Patients with Advanced Open-Angle Glaucoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 761-765.e1

  Konstas, Anastasios G P ^a   Topouzis, Fotis ^b   Leliopoulou, Orea ^a   Pappas, Theofanis ^b   Georgiadis, Nikolaos ^a   Jenkins, Jessica N ^c   Stewart, William C ^c,d  

^a Glaucoma Unit   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c University of South Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33646147132     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.029     Document Type: Article

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