Angle-closure glaucoma: diagnosis.

نویسندگان

  • Jair Giampani
  • Ricardo Simões
  • Wanderley Marques Bernardo
چکیده

The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize procedures to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors. The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be adopted, depending on the conditions and the clinical status of each patient.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

دوره 60 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014