Gonioscopy in adult Chinese: The Liwan eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4772-4779

  He, Mingguang ^a,b   Foster, Paul J ^a,c   Ge, Jian ^b   Huang, Wenyong ^b   Wang, Dandan ^b   Friedman, David S ^d   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; CHINA; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; IRIDOTRABECULAR ANGLE; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 34247170419     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0309     Document Type: Article

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