Prospective Evaluation of Acupuncture as Treatment for Glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 256-265

  Law, Simon K ^a   Lowe, Starrie ^a   Law, Samuel M ^a   Giaconi, Joann A ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^a   Caprioli, Joseph ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL FIELD; VITAL SIGN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84937517627     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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