Pattern of presentation of primary open-angle glaucoma in Benin City, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Omoti, A E ^a   Osahon, A I ^a   Waziri Erameh, M J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 33645861387     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506776593323     Document Type: Article

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