The Tajimi study report 2: Prevalence of primary angle closure and secondary glaucoma in a Japanese population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1661-1669

  Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^a   Iwase, Aiko ^b   Araie, Makoto ^c   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^d   Abe, Haruki ^e   Shirato, Shiroaki ^f   Kuwayama, Yasuaki ^g   Mishima, Hiromu K ^h   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomita, Goji ^c   Inoue, Yoichi ⁱ   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^j  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Olympia Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^j Akasaka Kitazawa Eye Clinic   (Japan)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 25844457745     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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