Effect of a previous acute angle closure attack on the corneal endothelial cell density in chronic angle closure glaucoma patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 482-485

  Tham, Clement C Y ^a,b   Kwong, Yolanda Y Y ^a,c   Lai, Jimmy S M ^a,d   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG EYE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute angle closure; Central corneal endothelial cell density; Primary angle closure glaucoma; Specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33751032158     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000212273.73100.31     Document Type: Article

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