Changes in the Optic Disc after Acute Primary Angle Closure

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 924-929

  Shen, Sunny Y ^a   Baskaran, Mani ^a,b,c   Fong, Allan C Y ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^d   Lim, Laurence S ^a   Husain, Rahat ^a,e   Gazzard, Gus ^a,e   Seah, Steve K L ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,b,d  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRIDOTOMY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646936856     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.070     Document Type: Article

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