Acute primary angle-closure: Long-term intraocular pressure outcome in Asian eyes

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-12

  Aung, Tin ^a,d   Ang, Leonard P ^a,b   Chan, Siew Pang ^b   Chew, Paul T K ^a,c,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Boddington House   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETAMETHASONE; MANNITOL; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035158052     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00621-8     Document Type: Article

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