Five-Year Risk of Progression of Ocular Hypertension to Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. A Population-based Study

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-333

  Thomas, Ravi ^a   Parikh, Rajul ^b   George, Ronnie ^b   Kumar, Rajesh S ^b   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Ocular hypertension; Population based; Primary open angle glaucoma; Progression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0346492725     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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