Glaucoma Surgery Decreases the Rates of Localized and Global Visual Field Progression

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Folgar, Francisco A ^a,d   de Moraes, Carlos Gustavo V ^a,b   Prata, Tiago S ^b   Teng, Christopher C ^b,c   Tello, Celso ^b,c   Ritch, Robert ^b,c   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 73549119525     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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