Red and/or blonde hair association with pigmentary glaucoma in Israel

Eye

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-6

  Levy, Y ^a   Glovinsky, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blonde hair; Pigment dispersion syndrome; Pigmentary glaucoma; Primary open angle glaucoma; Red hair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISRAEL; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; RETINA DETACHMENT;

EID: 0036197391     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700007     Document Type: Article

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