Acute angle closure glaucoma after sertraline

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575.e1-575.e2

  Ho, Ho Yin ^a   Kam, Ka Wai Aziz ^b   Young, Alvin Lerrmann ^b   Chan, Lap Kei ^a   Yu, Edwin Chi Shing ^a  

^a KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Glaucoma; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Sertraline

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; SERTRALINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARGON LASER PERIPHERAL IRIDOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA EDEMA; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERSOMNIA; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIDOTOMY; MYDRIASIS; RUMINATION; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VOMITING;

ANGLE CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA; SELECTIVE SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SERTRALINE;

EID: 84884137310     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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