The pathogenesis of polychromatic cholesterol crystals in the anterior chamber

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Kennedy, Christopher John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

aqueous; cholesterol; phacolytic glaucoma; retinal detachment

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LENS DISEASE; MALE; RETINA DETACHMENT;

EID: 0029850351     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb01591.x     Document Type: Article

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