Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1209-1216 , July 2007

Phacoviscocanalostomy versus cataract surgery only in patients with coexisting normal-tension glaucoma: Midterm outcomes

,Accepted 19 March 2007.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.027

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1209-1216 , July 2007

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