Phacomorphic glaucoma: Case and review

Optometry

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 586-589

  Sowka, Joseph ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon laser peripheral iridoplasty; Lens induced glaucoma; Phacolysis; Phacomorphic glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33751521888     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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