Categorizing the stage of glaucoma from pre-diagnosis to end-stage disease

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 24-30

  Mills, Richard P ^a   Budenz, Donald L ^b   Lee, Paul P ^c   Noecker, Robert J ^d   Walt, John G ^e   Siegartel, Lisa R ^f   Evans, Stacy J ^f   Doyle, John J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^f Analytica International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29544441195     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.07.044     Document Type: Article

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