CLOSED-ANGLE GLAUCOMA SIGNIFICANCE OF SECTORAL VARIATIONS IN ANGLE DEPTH
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closed-angle glaucoma
Twenty-four patients with spontaneous acute closed-angle glaucoma in one eye were selected for study. All 24 eyes had a peripheral iridectomy, were normotensive, and had no gonioscopically visible peripheral anterior synechiae. Of the 24 contralateral eyes 14 gave a positive response to provocative tests and had peripheral iridectomy. The remaining 10 eyes did not give positive responses to the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1956
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.40.3.136