Glaucoma in Singapore

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 417-420

  See, Jovina Li Shuen ^a,b   Chew, Paul Tec Kuan ^b  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LASER PERIPHERAL IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SINGAPORE; TONOMETRY; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BLINDNESS; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 4644281408     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000133388.20245.6f     Document Type: Review

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