Exfoliation syndrome angle characteristics: A lack of correlation with amount of disc damage

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1002-1003

  Cobb, C J ^a   Blanco, G ^b   Spaeth, G L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE COLOR; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 3543034078     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.031732     Document Type: Article

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