Assessing the treatment of angle closure

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1867-1868

  Ritch, Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOPLASTY; IRIDOTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TRABECULOPLASTY;

EID: 0141848327     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00719-X     Document Type: Editorial

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