Primary open-angle glaucoma presentation at a tertiary unit in Africa: Intraocular pressure levels and visual status

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 299-302

  Mafwiri, M ^a   Bowman, R J C ^b,c   Wood, M ^b   Kabiru, J ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Presenting symptoms; Primary open angle glaucoma; Tanzania; Underdeveloped countries; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TRABECULECTOMY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 28244454739     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500180572     Document Type: Review

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