Double hump sign in indentation gonioscopy is correlated with presence of plateau iris configuration regardless of patent iridotomy

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-164

  Kiuchi, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Kanamoto, Takashi ^b   Nakamura, Takao ^a  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double hump sign; Indentation gonioscopy; Plateau iris configuration; Ultrasound biomicroscope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS DISEASE; MALE; PLATEAU IRIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67651102563     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31817d23b5     Document Type: Article

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