Pattern of intraocular pressure reduction following laser trabeculoplasty in open-angle glaucoma patients: Comparison between selective and nonselective treatment

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 933-936

  Almeida, Eglailson Dantas ^a   Pinto, Luciano Moreira ^a,b   Fernandes, Rodrigo Antonio Brant ^a,b   Prata, Tiago Santos ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Cerpo Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Medicina dos Olhos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Laser trabeculoplasty; Open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79960423066     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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