Exfoliation syndrome in Nordic countries: A comparative histopathological study of Danish and Finnish eyes with absolute glaucoma and uveal melanoma

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 711-715

  Alyahya, Ghassan Ayish ^a   Hietanen, Jaana ^b   Heegaard, Steffen ^a   Kivelä, Tero ^b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Exfoliation syndrome (EXS); Glaucoma; Histopathology; Uveal melanoma

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ENUCLEATION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UVEA MELANOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29244465077     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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