Current understanding of the treatment and outcome of acute primary angle-closure glaucoma: An asian perspective

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-214

  Ang, Leslie P S ^a   Ang, Leonard P K ^b,c  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Iridotomy; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIDOTOMY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 42249099787     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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