Prevalence and clinical characteristics of glaucoma in adult Chinese: A population-based study in Liwan District, Guangzhou

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2782-2788

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Foster, Paul J ^a,c   Ge, Jian ^b   Huang, Wenyong ^b   Zheng, Yingfeng ^b   Friedman, David S ^d   Lee, Pak Sang ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33746721044     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0051     Document Type: Article

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