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Intraocular pressure variation in patients on long-term corticosteroids

BACKGROUND: Long-term use of topical and systemic steroids produces secondary open-angle glaucoma similar to chronic simple glaucoma. The increased intraocular pressure [IOP] caused by prolonged steroid therapy is reversible but the damage produced by it is irreversible. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In th...

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Autores principales: Mandapati, John Shekhar Raju, Metta, Arun Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130227
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.85993