Interventions for angle-closure glaucoma: An evidence-based update

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1869-1879

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Gazzard, Gus ^b   Friedman, David S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; HYPERGLYCEMIC AGENT; LATANOPROST; MANNITOL; OCUSERT PILO 40; PILOCARPINE; TIMOLOL;

ARGON LASER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TRABECULOPLASTY; TRABECULOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0141513665     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00540-2     Document Type: Article

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