Clinical Course and Outcome of Primary Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-18

  Wong, J S ^a   Chew, P T K ^a   Alsagoff, Z ^a   Poh, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Laser peripheral iridotomy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030631095     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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