Does high-energy Neodymium YAG peripheral iridotomy cause acute posterior subcapsular cataract?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-88

  Clement, Colin I ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LENS IMPLANT; LETTER; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTIC NERVE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER;

ACUTE DISEASE; CATARACT; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79851490651     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02382.x     Document Type: Letter

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