Ex-PRESS™ miniature glaucoma implant

Expert Review of Ophthalmology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 899-909

  Dahan, Elie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

filtering operation; glaucoma; glaucoma drainage device; surgical glaucoma; trabeculectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889901352     PISSN: 17469899     EISSN: 17469902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17469899.2.6.899     Document Type: Article

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