The problem of glaucoma in Africa - Experience from Cameroon;Zur problematik des glaukoms in Afrika - Ein erfahrungsbericht aus Kamerun

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 832-834

  Werschnik, Cornelia ^a   Schaferhoff C ^a   Wilhelm, F W ^a   Wermund, T K ^a  

^a HELIOS KLINIKEN SCHWERIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Cameroon; Diagnostics; Glaucoma; Problems; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAMEROON; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; TRABECULECTOMY; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 27844499181     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858462     Document Type: Article

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