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Angle-Closure Glaucoma: Risk Factors

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Acute angle-closure (AAC) is a relatively uncommon event, even in high risk populations, and it is difficult to predict who will suffer an AAC attack.

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  1. Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510060, People’s Republic of China

    Xinxing Guo & Mingguang He

  2. Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Mingguang He

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    JoAnn A. Giaconi

  2. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

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  3. David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles,, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

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Guo, X., He, M. (2016). Angle-Closure Glaucoma: Risk Factors. In: Giaconi, J., Law, S., Nouri-Mahdavi, K., Coleman, A., Caprioli, J. (eds) Pearls of Glaucoma Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49042-6_54

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