Anterior Chamber Angle Assessment Techniques

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-273

  Friedman, David S ^a   He, Mingguang ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

angle closure; glaucoma; gonioscopy; ocular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 43649088112     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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