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Update on Tube-Shunt Procedures for Glaucoma

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11203, USA

    Jeffrey Freedman MD, PhD

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wuerzburg, Josef-Schneider-Straße 11, 97080, Wuerzburg, Germany

    Franz Grehn MD (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, USCF, 10 Kirkham Street, Rm K301, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    Robert Stamper MD (Director of Glaucoma Service) (Director of Glaucoma Service)

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Freedman, J. (2006). Update on Tube-Shunt Procedures for Glaucoma. In: Grehn, F., Stamper, R. (eds) Glaucoma. Essentials in Ophthalmology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34773-9_11

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