Effect of trabeculectomy on lens opacities in an East Asian population

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 787-792

  Husain, Rahat ^a,b,c,d   Aung, Tin ^b,d   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b,c,d   Foster, Paul J ^a,c   Devereux, Joe G ^a,b,c   Chew, Paul T K ^b   Oen, Francis T S ^b   Khaw, Peng T ^a,c   Seah, Steve K L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES; CATARACT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 33745039175     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.6.787     Document Type: Article

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