Does an iridotomy provide protection against narrowing of the anterior chamber angle during Valsalva maneuvre in eyes with primary angle closure

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-393

  Sihota, R ^a   Dada, T ^a   Aggarwal, A ^a   Srinivasan, G ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Chabra, V K ^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

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PUPIL; THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 40949092314     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702646     Document Type: Article

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