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Venlafaxine and bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma

Bradley Ng, G Mark C Sanbrook, Anthony J Malouf and Smita A Agarwal
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (5): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04386.x
Published online: 4 March 2002

To the Editor: We report a case of bilateral acute angle closure glaucoma associated with venlafaxine.


  • 1 Department of Psychiatry, Nepean Hospital, Penrith, NSW.
  • 2 Western Sydney Eye Hospital, Wentworthville, NSW.


Correspondence: pipebrook@bigpond.com

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