Risk factors for late presentation in chronic glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2251-2257

  Fraser, Scott ^a   Bunce, Catey ^a   Wormald, Richard ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032876886     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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