Gonioscopy

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Procedure 3 More General Terms 4 References

Indications

• evaluation of glaucoma

• differentiates open-angle glaucoma from closed-angle glaucoma

Procedure

• a hand held lens is used to visualize the iridocorneal angle in the evaluation of glaucoma

More General Terms

• clinical procedure

References

Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 66-67

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