Comparison of selective laser trabeculoplasty success in patients treated with either prostaglandin or timolol/dorzolamide fixed combination

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 339-342

  Kara, Necip ^a   Altan, Cigdem ^a   Satana, Banu ^a   Altinkaynak, Hasan ^a   Bozkurt, Ercument ^a   Demirok, Ahmet ^a   Yilmaz, Omer Faruk ^a  

^a Beyoglu Eye Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES; TIMOLOL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961203288     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: 15577732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2011.0015     Document Type: Article

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