The pattern of glaucoma in Menelik II hospital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-165

  Melka, Fikru ^a   Alemu, Bayuh ^b  

^a AFG H ^*

^b AAU   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33845735055     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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