Can the prevalence of open-angle glaucoma be estimated from a retrospective clinical material? A study on the west coast of Iceland

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 549-553

  Jóhannesson, Gauti ^a   Gudmundsdóttir, Gudrún J ^b   Lindén, Christina ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ophthalmology Clinic   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iceland; Open angle glaucoma; Prevalence; Prospective; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIMETRY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27144542404     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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