Quantification of aqueous melanin granules, intraocular pressure and glaucomatous damage in primary pigment dispersion syndrome

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-440

  Mardin, Christian Y ^a   Küchle, Michael ^a   Nguyen, Nhung X ^a   Martus, Peter ^b   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACECLIDINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANIN; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER FLARE CELL METER; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC NERVE; PERIMETRY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASERS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0342313673     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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