Selective laser trabeculoplasty versus argon laser trabeculoplasty: Results from a 1-year randomised clinical trial

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1490-1494

  Damji, K F ^a   Bovell, A M ^a   Hodge, W G ^a   Rock, W ^a   Shah, K ^a   Buhrmann, R ^a   Pan, Y I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULOPLASTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845268867     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.098855     Document Type: Article

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