Bilateral acute angle closure caused by supraciliary effusions associated with venlafaxine intake

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 121-123

  de Guzman, Maria Hannah Pia ^a   Thiagalingam, Sureka ^a   Ong, Poh Yan ^a   Goldberg, Ivan ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; APRACLONIDINE; BRIMONIDINE; MANNITOL; MIRTAZAPINE; PILOCARPINE; SERTRALINE; TIMOLOL; VENLAFAXINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA EDEMA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE DISEASE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS DISEASE; LENS DISEASE; MALE; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIA; NOTE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; REFRACTION ERROR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 13944255873     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06613.x     Document Type: Note

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