Gonioscopy describes the use of a goniolens (also known as a gonioscope) in conjunction with a slit lamp or operating microscope to gain a view of the iridocorneal angle, or the anatomical angle formed between the eye's cornea and iris. The importance of this process is in diagnosing and monitoring...
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Definition of iridocorneal angle in the Medical Dictionary. iridocorneal angle explanation. Information about iridocorneal angle in Free online English dictionary. Clinicians can visualize and document pathologies that occur in the front chamber of the eye, including views of the iridocorneal angle.
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Gene Expression Profile of the Rat Eye Iridocorneal Angle: NEIBank Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis PURPOSE. To characterize gene expression pattern in the combined tissues of the rat iridocorneal angle by expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis, as part of the NEIBank project.
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Structure and presumptive function of the iridocorneal angle of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus), hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), and African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
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Pectinate ligament dysplasia and narrowing of the iridocorneal angle associated with glaucoma in the English Springer Spaniel. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates the positive association between PLD and glaucoma, between narrowing of the iridocorneal angle and glaucoma and the effect of age on the iridocorneal angle.
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The French Connection Glaucoma & the Iridocorneal Angle The elevated intraocular pressure occurs because the fluid cannot leave through the iridocorneal angle. Diagnosis and classification of glaucoma requires measurement of the IOP (tonometry) and examination of the iridocorneal angle (gonioscopy).
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Anatomic Reasons for Earlier Closure of the Superior Portion of the Iridocorneal Angle...
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The acute angle between the iris and the cornea at the periphery of the anterior chamber of the eye.
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