Comparative evaluation of diode laser trabeculoplasty vs frequency doubled Nd: YAG laser trabeculoplasty in primary open angle glaucoma

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1352-1356

  Agarwal, H C ^a   Poovali, S ^a   Sihota, R ^a   Dada, T ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; TRABECULOPLASTY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 33845548798     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702108     Document Type: Article

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