Schlemm's canal and primary open angle glaucoma: Correlation between Schlemm's canal dimensions and outflow facility

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-110

  Allingham, R Rand ^a   De Kater, Annelies W ^b   Ethier, C Ross ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

morphometry; open angle glaucoma; outflow facility; Schlemm's canal; trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0029867061     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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