Should beta blockers be abandoned as initial monotherapy in chronic open angle glaucoma? The controversy

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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology

سال: 2002

ISSN: 0007-1161

DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.6.691