Behaviour of the fellow eye in acute angle-closure glaucoma.
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Behaviour of the fellow eye in acute angle-closure glaucoma.
A retrospective study of 245 fellow eyes of patients admitted in primary acute angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) is presented. Twenty-five (10.2%) had acute ACG in the fellow eye on presentation. Of the remaining 220, 33 (15%) subsequently developed acute ACG before prophylactic surgery was performed. Possible predisposing factors were analysed. The main findings were that acute ACG in the fellow ey...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.66.9.576