Comparison of ultrasound biomicroscopic parameters after laser iridotomy in eyes with primary angle closure and primary angle closure glaucoma

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 956-961

  Dada, T ^a   Mohan, S ^a   Sihota, R ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Pandey, R M ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BETAMETHASONE; TIMOLOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PERIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34447294223     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702360     Document Type: Article

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