Angle closure glaucoma: A mechanistic review

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-101

  Nongpiur, Monisha E ^a   Ku, Judy Y F ^a   Aung, Tin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

angle closure mechanisms; glaucoma; imaging; ultrasound biomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CHOROID; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951958496     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32834372b9     Document Type: Review

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