Visual field testing in glaucoma Medicare beneficiaries before surgery

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 401-406

  Coleman, Anne L ^a,b,c   Yu, Fei ^a,c   Rowe, Susannah ^b,d  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 14644406756     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.09.034     Document Type: Article

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