Chronic angle-closure with glaucomatous damage: Long-term clinical course in a North American population and comparison with an Asian population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2227-2231

  Rosman, Mohamad ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a   Ang, Leonard P K ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a,c,f   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^d,e   Ritch, Robert ^d,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0036894917     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01275-7     Document Type: Article

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