Causes of secondary glaucoma in Paraguay;Das sekundarglaukom in Paraguay: Ursachen und ihre haufigkeitsverteilung

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 359-363

  Strohl, Andrea ^a   Pozzi, Sara ^b   Wattiez, Raquel ^b   Roesen, Bernhard ^b   Miño De Kaspar, Herminia ^b   Klauß, Volker ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blindness; Causes; Paraguay; Prevention; Secondary glaucoma

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE INJURY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; PARAGUAY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; UVEITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLAUCOMA; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGUAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033145604     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050418     Document Type: Review

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