Trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in secondary glaucoma associated with Behçet disease

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-72

  Elgin, Ufuk ^a,b   Berker, Nilufer ^a   Batman, Aygen ^a   Soykan, Emel ^a  

^a Ankara Ulucanlar Eye Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beh et disease; Glaucoma; Mitomycin C; Trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; ATROPINE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BEHCET SYNDROME; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846295557     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000243476.43837.d6     Document Type: Article

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