Does Sex Matter in Glaucoma?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 374-375

  Higginbotham, Eve J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARTEOLOL; ESTROGEN; TIMOLOL MALEATE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TONOMETRY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1542378117     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.3.374     Document Type: Editorial

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