Incidence of blindness in Southern Germany due to glaucoma and degenerative conditions

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1031-1034

  Trautner, Christoph ^a,c   Haastert, Burkhard ^b   Richter, Bernd ^b   Berger, Michael ^b,c   Giani, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0037334829     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0304     Document Type: Article

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