Angle closure: Classification, concepts, and the role of ultrasound biomicroscopy in diagnosis and treatment

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 69-78

  Tello, Celso ^a   Viet Tran, Hoai ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey ^b   Ritch, Robert ^a  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Malignant glaucoma; Plateau iris syndrome; Pupillary block; Ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

STEROID; SULFONAMIDE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY BODY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036628365     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/soph.17.2.69.14722     Document Type: Article

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