Familial occurrence of artefactual ocular hypertension from thick corneas and of primary open angle glaucoma in a French Canadian kindred

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Dohadwala, Ali A ^a   Damji, Karim F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Familial; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Ocular hypertension; Optic nerve drusen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUSEN; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033860685     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/1381-6810(200003)21:1;1-i;ft001     Document Type: Article

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