THE FELLOW EYE IN ACUTE CLOSED-ANGLE GLAUCOMA
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The fellow eye in acute closed-angle glaucoma.
THis PAPER deals with a series of 200 cases of acute unilateral closed-angle glaucoma, which were examined with a view to establishing a basis for assessing the treatment of the fellow eye. The investigation of a series of over 3,000 cases of glaucoma of all types at the Glaucoma Clinic of the Institute of Ophthalmology has shown that miotic treatment is no sure guard against the occurrence of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.41.4.193