Aqueous Flow through the Iris-Lens Channel: Estimates of Differential Pressure between the Anterior and Posterior Chambers

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-107

  Silver, David M ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Aqueous humor; Iris; Pressure; Pupil block

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; LENS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; PUPIL; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 1642416073     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200404000-00004     Document Type: Article

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