Predisposing factors for chronic angle-closure glaucoma

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-132

  Salmon, John F ^a  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASIAN; CILIARY BODY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA CURVATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRIS; LENS; MONGOLOID RACE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0032889609     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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