Bilateral angle-closure glaucoma after combined consumption of "ecstasy" and marijuana

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 813-814

  Trittibach, Peter ^a   Frueh, Beatrice E ^a   Goldblum, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ACETAZOLAMIDE; BRIMONIDINE; CANNABIS; MITOMYCIN; PILOCARPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CANNABIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 25144451456     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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