Topiramate induced myopic shift and angle closure glaucoma [3]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 648-649

  Chen, Teresa C ^a   Chao, C W ^a   Sorkin, J A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIMONIDINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CILIARY BODY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRIDOTOMY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; FRUCTOSE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; SEIZURES; UVEA; UVEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0037732599     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.5.648     Document Type: Letter

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