Variation of clinical outcomes used in glaucoma randomised controlled trials: A systematic review

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 464-468

  Ismail, Rehab ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^b   Ramsay, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD PRESSURE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84896545346     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304323     Document Type: Article

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