Evaluation of risk factors for advanced glaucoma in Ghanaian patients

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 528-534

  Ntim Amponsah, C T ^a   Amoaku, W M K ^b   Ewusi, R K ^c   Idirisuriya Khair, R ^c   Nyatepe Coo, E ^c   Ofosu Amaah, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Advanced glaucoma; Glaucoma in black patients; Glaucoma in Ghanaian African; Glaucoma risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 19044392238     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701533     Document Type: Article

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