Predictive factors of success in selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT) treatment

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 573-576

  Ayala, Marcelo ^a   Chen, Enping ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Laser; Predictive factors; Time to failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PIGMENTATION; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79956374441     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S19873     Document Type: Review

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