The prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome in Pakistan. Hospital based study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rao, Rashad Qamar ^a   Arain, Tariq Mehmood ^a   Ahad, Muhammad Ali ^b  

^a Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SLIT LAMP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33746463014     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-27     Document Type: Article

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