Prevalence of glaucoma and intraocular pressure distribution in a defined population: The Egna-Neumarkt study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-215

  Bonomi, Luciano ^a   Marchini, Giorgio ^a   Marraffa, Michele ^a   Bernardi, Paolo ^b   De Franco, Ivana ^a   Perfetri, Sergio ^a   Varotto, Aldo ^a   Tenna, Valerio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c Immagineazione SaS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0031914117     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)92665-3     Document Type: Article

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