Exfoliation syndrome in a 17-year-old girl

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1063-1067

  Konstas, Anastasios G P ^a   Ritch, Robert ^b   Bitfidis, Theodoras ^c   Morales, Jose ^d   Qi, Yue ^a   Streeten, Barbara W ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c University oj Texas Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d State University of New York HSC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; ELASTOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULOTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030744488     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160233014     Document Type: Article

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