Ethnic differences in primary angle-closure glaucoma

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Yip, Jennifer L Y ^a,b,c   Foster, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Angle closure; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Glaucoma; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASIAN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MONGOLIA; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646940101     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000193078.47616.aa     Document Type: Review

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