Angle-closure Glaucoma: The Role of the Lens in the Pathogenesis, Prevention, and Treatment

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-225

  Tarongoy, Pamela ^a   Ho, Ching Lin ^b   Walton, David S ^c  

^a Associated Cebu Eye Specialists (ACES)   (Philippines)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

angle closure glaucoma; blindness; goniosynechialysis; iridotomy; lensectomy; phacoemulsification

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE COURSE; EYE SURGERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LENS IMPLANTATION; LENS SUBLUXATION; LENSECTOMY; MICROPHTHALMIA; PARACENTESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHACOMORPHIC GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TRABECULECTOMY;

GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE;

EID: 61949425625     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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