A Randomized Clinical Trial of Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty Versus Argon Laser Trabeculoplasty in Patients With Pseudoexfoliation

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 344-347

  Kent, Shefalee S ^a   Hutnik, Cindy M L ^a   Birt, Catherine M ^b   Damji, Karim F ^c   Harasymowycz, Paul ^e   Si, Francie ^a   Hodge, William ^a   Pan, Irene ^a   Crichton, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALT; glaucoma; pseudoexfoliation; RCT; SLT

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARGON LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT DURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER THERAPY; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931576921     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31829e55e4     Document Type: Article

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