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Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.
© 1996
Robert Ritch,
M.D.
Professor and Chief, Glaucoma Service
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Jeffrey M.
Liebmann, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Director, Glaucoma Services
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
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Part I
Introduction
History
Clinical Findings
A. Anterior Segment
B. Posterior Segment
Part II
Pathophysiology
Ultrasound
Biomicroscopic Findings
Blinking
Accommodation
Effect of Miotics and
Laser Iridotomy
Part III
Clinical
Correlations
A. Heredity
B. Gender
C. Refractive Error
D. Asymmetric
Involvement
Natural History
A. Active Phase
B. Regression Phase
C. Logic of Treatment
Management
Surgery
A. Filtering Surgery
The Basic Lesion
Summary
References
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