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A Surgical Approach to Pediatric Glaucoma

Glaucoma in children differs from adult-onset disease and typically requires surgical intervention. However, affected children exhibit a spectrum of disease severity and prospective data guiding the choice of operation are lacking. This article reviews common procedures and a surgical approach to pe...

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Autor principal: Khan, Arif O
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460229/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069523
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874364101509010104
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Sumario:Glaucoma in children differs from adult-onset disease and typically requires surgical intervention. However, affected children exhibit a spectrum of disease severity and prospective data guiding the choice of operation are lacking. This article reviews common procedures and a surgical approach to pediatric glaucoma.