In vivo confocal microscopy of filtering blebs after trabeculectomy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1095-1103

  Messmer, Elisabeth M ^a   Zapp, Daniel M ^a   Mackert, Marc J ^a   Thiel, Martin ^a   Kampik, Anselm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BLISTER; CONJUNCTIVA; CYST FLUID; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 33747183928     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.8.1095     Document Type: Article

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