Lesson of the Week: Acute angle closure glaucoma masquerading as systemic illness

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7054, 1996, Pages 413-415

  Dayan, Margaret ^a   Turner, Benjamin ^a   Mcghee, Charles ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029739922     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7054.413     Document Type: Article

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