Photostress recovery in chronic open angle glaucoma.
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Photostress recovery in chronic open angle glaucoma.
Photostress recovery time was measured in 30 eyes from 15 patients with chronic open angle glaucoma, and 30 eyes from 15 individuals of a similar age group with no ophthalmological disorder. The average recovery time in patients with glaucoma was 70.47 (SD 35.39) seconds. The average recovery time in the control population was 41.97 (SD 17.34) seconds. This difference was statistically signific...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.72.9.641