The diagnostic outcome of new glaucoma referrals

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-6

  Bell, R W D ^a   O'Brien, C ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031032682     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(96)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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