Evaluation of the factors associated with the reversal of the disc cupping after surgical treatment of childhood glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-473

  Meirelles, Sérgio Henrique Sampaio ^a,b,c   Mathias, Cristina Rodrigues ^a,b   Bloise, Renata Rianelli ^a,b   Stohler, Neire Sandra Flores ^a,b   Liporaci, Simone Duarte ^a,b   Frota, Ana Carolina ^a,b   Simões, Camila Cassiano ^a,b  

^a Hospital Municipal da Piedade   (Brazil)

^b GAMA FILHO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital glaucoma; Optic disc cupping; Trabeculotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CORNEA; EYE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPTIC DISK CUP; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; BUPHTHALMOS; GONIOSCOPY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROPHTHALMOS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 58149116853     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181650f6e     Document Type: Article

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