Outcomes of goniotomy for primary congenital glaucoma in East Africa

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-240

  Bowman, Richard J C ^a,b   Dickerson, Mary ^c   Mwende, Judith ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^d  

^a Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation for Disability Hospital ^*  (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENUCLEATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROPHTHALMOS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79551573501     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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