Conjunctival findings in hyperbaric and low-tension glaucoma: An in vivo confocal microscopy study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Agnifili, Luca ^a   Carpineto, Paolo ^a   Fasanella, Vincenzo ^a   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^a   Zappacosta, Antonio ^a   Di Staso, Silvio ^b   Costagliola, Ciro ^c   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

conjunctiva; epithelial microcysts; hyperbaric glaucoma; in vivo confocal microscopy; low tension glaucoma; trans scleral aqueous outflow

Indexed keywords

BIMATOPROST; LATANOPROST; TRAVOPROST;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA MICROCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER MICROSCOPE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CYSTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84857794405     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02255.x     Document Type: Article

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