Detection of Narrow Angles and Established Angle Closure In Chinese Residents of Singapore: Potential Screening Tests

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 896-901

  Nolan, Winifred P ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,b,c   Machin, David ^d   Khaw, Peng T ^b,e   Johnson, Gordon J ^b,f   Seah, Steve K L ^c   Foster, Paul J ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33646200979     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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