Mechanisms and treatment of primary angle closure: A review

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ng, Weng T ^a,b   Morgan, William ^c,d  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Ciliary block; Glaucoma; Plateau iris; Pupil block

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; PILOCARPINE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TOPIRAMATE;

ANTERIOR HYALOID CHANGE; APHAKIA; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARGON LASER; CATARACT; CILIARY BLOCK; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY BODY EDEMA; CILIOVITREAL BLOCK; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EFFUSION; EYE DISEASE; EYE EDEMA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYALOIDECTOMY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; IRIS DISEASE; LENS; LENS ANXIAL LENGTH FACTOR; LENSECTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALIGNANT GLAUCOMA; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; ORGAN SIZE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PLATEAU IRIS SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; PUPIL BLOCK; PUPIL DISEASE; RACE; REVIEW; SUPRACILIARY EFFUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRABECULECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UVEA DISEASE; VITRECTOMY;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 84862512421     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02604.x     Document Type: Review

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