Glaucoma characteristics in 13 families of 2-4 generations;Caractéristiques du glaucome dans 13 families de 2 à 4 générations

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-174

  Agla, E K ^a   Balo, K P ^a   Agamah, A K ^a   Banla, M ^a   Koffi Gue B K ^a  

^a CHU TOKOIN   (Togo)

Author keywords

Blindness; Glaucoma; Heredity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BLINDNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TONOMETRY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; TOGO;

EID: 0037293607     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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