Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 10 , Pages 546-548 , October 2008

Diode Laser Transscleral Cyclophotocoagulation in the Treatment of Refractory Glaucoma with Iris Melanocytoma

  • Mei-Ju Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jui-Ling Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Jui-Ling Liu, Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wing-Yin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Pathology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Fenq-Lih Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ching-Kuang Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Ming Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 30 August 2007 ,Accepted 8 May 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70166-7

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70166-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 10 , Pages 546-548 , October 2008

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