Hypothyroidism and open-angle glaucoma: An accidental or an essential coexistence?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 299-303

  Tahat, A A ^a   Al Khawaldeh, A M ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034157656     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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