Role of early trabeculectomy in primary open-angle glaucoma in the developing world

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-45

  Anand, A ^a,b   Negi, S ^a   Khokhar, S ^a   Kumar, H ^a   Gupta, S K ^a   Murthy, G V S ^a   Sharma, T K ^a,c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846103886     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702114     Document Type: Article

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