Defining "occludable" angles in population surveys: Drainage angle width, peripheral anterior synechiae, and glaucomatous optic neuropathy in east Asian people

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 486-490

  Foster, P J ^a,b,c   Aung, T ^a,b,c   Nolan, W P ^b,c   Machin, D ^d   Baasanhu, J ^e   Khaw, P T ^b,c   Alsbirk, P H ^f   Lee, P S ^b   Seah, S K L ^a   Johnson, G J ^b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e Medical University Central Hospital   (Mongolia)

^f HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMATOUS OPTIC NEUROPATHY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 12144288635     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.020016     Document Type: Review

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