Asian Americans: Glaucoma

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 133-149

  Law, Simon K ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICARE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; TRABECULECTOMY;

ASIAN AMERICANS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142152482     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200343040-00013     Document Type: Review

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