Quality of life among patients with glaucoma in Sweden

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 584-588

  Wändell, Per E ^a,d   Lundstrom M ^b   Brorsson, B ^c   Aberg H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care   (Sweden)

^d Division of Family Medicine Novum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiglaucoma medications; Cross sectional survey; Glaucoma, quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; EYE DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SWEDEN; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 2642684536     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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