Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Herndon, Leon W ^a   Challa, Pratap ^a   Ababio Danso, Ben ^a   Boateng, John O ^a   Broomer, Bob ^a   Ridenhour, Philip ^a   Allingham, R Rand ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Glaucoma; Gonioscopy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; GHANA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0036787621     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200210000-00009     Document Type: Article

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