Hypothyroidism and glaucoma. A study of 100 hypothyroid patients

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 126-128

  Karadimas, Panagiotis ^a,d   Bouzas, Evrydiki A ^a,d   Topouzis, Fotis ^b   Koutras, Demetrios A ^c   Mastorakos, George ^c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; THYROTROPIN; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0035166334     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00724-8     Document Type: Article

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