Profile of glaucoma in a major eye hospital in North India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-30

  Das, Jayachandra ^a   Bhomaj, Sharad ^a   Chaudhuri, Zia ^a,b   Sharma, Pankaj ^a   Negi, Arun ^a   Dasgupta, Abhrajit ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Anand Lok Society   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Glaucoma; North India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NEWBORN; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PERIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 1942429657     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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