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Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 12/2019

01-12-2019 | Glaucoma | Editorial (by Invitation)

Do not hesitate and publish negative results and look for long-term results!

Author: Christoph Faschinger

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 12/2019

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Excerpt

Glaucoma disease will be diagnosed more often in the future. The detection of the disease is becoming easier and carried out earlier by new technologies with higher sensitivity by artificial intelligence. This results in an earlier start of a longer lasting therapy during the lifetime as people age. So the question arises: For how long can an eye tolerate the use of preservatives, antifibrotics like Mitomycin-C or implants inside? …
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Metadata
Title
Do not hesitate and publish negative results and look for long-term results!
Author
Christoph Faschinger
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword
Glaucoma
Published in
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-019-04465-1

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