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Eye Diseases > Ocular Hypertension > Glaucoma > Glaucoma, Angle-Closure

Preferred term

Glaucoma, Angle-Closure  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Angle Closure Glaucoma
  • Angle Closure Glaucomas
  • Closed-Angle Glaucoma
  • Closed-Angle Glaucomas
  • Glaucoma, Angle Closure
  • Glaucoma, Closed Angle
  • Glaucoma, Closed-Angle
  • Glaucoma, Narrow Angle
  • Glaucoma, Narrow-Angle
  • Glaucomas, Angle Closure
  • Glaucomas, Closed-Angle
  • Glaucomas, Narrow-Angle
  • Glaucomas, Uncompensated
  • Glaucomas, Uncompensative
  • Glaucoma, Uncompensated
  • Glaucoma, Uncompensative
  • Narrow-Angle Glaucoma
  • Narrow-Angle Glaucomas
  • Uncompensated Glaucoma
  • Uncompensated Glaucomas
  • Uncompensative Glaucoma
  • Uncompensative Glaucomas

Note

  • do not confuse with GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE: note X ref

Scope note

  • A form of glaucoma in which the intraocular pressure increases because the angle of the anterior chamber is blocked and the aqueous humor cannot drain from the anterior chamber.

History note

  • 90

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015812

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