Glaucoma in Mongolia: A population-based survey in Hovsgol province, northern Mongolia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1235-1241

  Foster, Paul J ^a   Baasanhu, Jamyanjav ^b   Alsbirk, Paul Helge ^c   Munkhbayar, Dorj ^b   Uranchimeg, Davaatseren ^b   Johnson, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Central State University Hospital   (Mongolia)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029798621     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140435011     Document Type: Article

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