A prospective ultrasound biomicroscopy evaluation of changes in anterior segment morphology after laser iridotomy in Asian eyes

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 630-638

  Gazzard, Gus ^a,b,c,d   Friedman, David S ^d,e   Devereux, Joe G ^b   Chew, Paul ^a,d,f   Seah, Steve K L ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ACUTE PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0037373408     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01893-6     Document Type: Article

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