Characteristics of optic disc changes in Taiwanese patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-188

  Yang, Chang Hao ^a   Hung, Por Tying ^a,b   Lin, Luke L K ^a   Hsieh, Jui Wen ^a,b   Wang, Tsing Hong ^a   Wang, I Jong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glaucoma, angle closure; Optic atrophy; Optic disk; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TAIWAN; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY; OPTIC DISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 0042009571     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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