Iris cross-sectional area decreases with pupil dilation and its dynamic behavior is a risk factor in angle closure

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-179

  Quigley, Harry A ^a,d,e   Silver, David M ^b   Friedman, David S ^a   He, Mingguang ^c   Plyler, Ryan J ^a   Eberhart, Charles G ^a   Jampel, Henry D ^a   Ramulu, Pradeep ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Glaucoma; Iris; Optical coherence tomography; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULECTOMY; DRUG EFFECT; GONIOSCOPY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIGHT; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

MYDRIATIC AGENT;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PUPIL; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 65649117736     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31818624ce     Document Type: Article

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