Scanning electron microscopy of the trabecular meshwork: Understanding the pathogenesis of primary angle closure glaucoma

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-188

  Sihota, Ramanjit ^a   Goyal, Amita ^a   Kaur, Jasbir ^a   Gupta, Viney ^a   Nag, Tapas C ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Closure glaucoma; primary angle; scanning electron microscopy; trabecular

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84861327730     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.95868     Document Type: Article

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