Incidence of acute angle-closure glaucoma in Dalmatia, Southern Croatia

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Bojić, Lovro ^a   Mandić, Zdravko ^b   Ivanišević, Milan ^a   Bučan, Kajo ^a   Kovačević, Suzana ^c   Gverović, Antonela ^d   Miletić Jurić, Alenka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL ZADAR   (Croatia)

^d Dubrovnik General Hospital   (Croatia)

^e Sibenik General Hospital   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Glaucoma, angle closure; Incidence; Seasons; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CROATIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FILTERING OPERATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROATIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 2642566682     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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