Iris ischaemic changes and visual outcome after acute primary angle closure

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-477

  Loon, Seng Chee ^a   Chew, Paul T K ^a,b,c   Oen, Francis T S ^c   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Wong, Hon Tym ^d   Seah, Steve K L ^c   Aung, Tin ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute primary angle closure; Iris ischaemia; Visual field; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BRIMONIDINE; PILOCARPINE; STEROID; TIMOLOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; ISCHEMIA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33644790938     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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