Bleb morphology and vascularity after trabeculectomy with intravitreal ranibizumab: A pilot study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kahook, Malik Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BLEBBISTATIN; EYE DROPS; MITOMYCIN C; RANIBIZUMAB;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MONOTHERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77956058094     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.03.025     Document Type: Article

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