Prevalence of glaucomas in a Black Cameroonian population;La prévalence des glaucomes dans une population de Noirs camerounais

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Ellong, Augustin ^a   Mvogo, Côme Ebana ^b   Bella Hiag, Assumpta Lucienne ^b   Mouney, Emilienne Nyouma ^a   Ngosso, Angèle ^a   Litumbe, Calex Njoh ^a  

^a Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^b YAOUNDÉ GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cameroon; Glaucoma; Ophtalmology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33845504337     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/san.2006.0018     Document Type: Article

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