Long-term outcomes of laser iridotomy in Vietnamese patients with primary angle closure

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1207-1211

  Peng, Pai Huei ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Hannah ^d   Lin, Huey Shyan ^e   Nguyen, Ngoc ^d   Lin, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Ngoc Nguyen Eye Clinic   (United States)

^e FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE SURGERY; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOPLASTY; IRIDOTOMY; LASER PERIPHERAL IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LASER TRABECULOPLASTY; LENS; LENS AXIAL LENGTH FACTOR; LENS SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE LENS POSITION; THICKNESS; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAMESE; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIETNAM;

EID: 80052124364     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.181016     Document Type: Article

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