Increases in rates of both laser peripheral iridotomy and phacoemulsification have accompanied a fall in acute angle closure rates in the UK

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1339-1340

  Day, Alexander C ^a,b   Foster, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRIDOTOMY; LASER PERIPHERAL IRIDOTOMY; LETTER; MEDICARE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; YAG LASER;

CATARACT; FILTERING SURGERY; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRIS; MORBIDITY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80052130460     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300255     Document Type: Letter

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