Increased iris thickness and association with primary angle closure glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-50

  Wang, B S ^a,b   Narayanaswamy, A ^a   Amerasinghe, N ^a   Zheng, C ^a   He, M ^c   Chan, Y H ^d   Nongpiur, M E ^a   Friedman, D S ^e   Aung, Tin ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCLERA; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 78650837990     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.178129     Document Type: Article

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