Laser peripheral iridotomy across the spectrum of primary angle closure

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-237

  Pandav, Surinder Singh ^a   Kaushik, Sushmita ^a   Jain, Rajeev ^a   Bansal, Reema ^a   Gupta, Amod ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Laser iridotomy; Primary angle closure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLEEDING; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34248197533     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/can.j.ophthalmol.i07-012     Document Type: Article

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