Can we prevent angle-closure glaucoma?

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1119-1124

  Johnson, G J ^a,b   Foster, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Angle closure; Biometry; Blindness; Epidemiology; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; GONIOSCOPY; GREENLAND; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; IRIDOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; MONGOLIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; RECORDING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 29244459417     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701970     Document Type: Article

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