Severe loss of central vision in patients with advanced glaucoma undergoing trabeculectomy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1044-1050

  Law, Simon K ^a   Nguyen, Anne M ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKYLATING AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MITOMYCIN; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34547901697     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.125.8.1044     Document Type: Article

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