Complicated hyphaema: Think sickle

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-378

  Hooper, Claire Y ^a,b   Fraser bell, Samantha ^a,b   Farinelli, Adrian ^a,b   Grigg, John R ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Hyphaema; Sickle cell; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; APRACLONIDINE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; GLYCEROL; HEMOGLOBIN S; LATANOPROST; MANNITOL; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BOY; CASE REPORT; CORNEA INJURY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CHILD; EYE INJURIES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; HYPHEMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33746509040     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2006.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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