Lifetime visual disability in open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Forsman, Eva ^a,c   Kivelä, Tero ^b   Vesti, Eija ^b  

^a FOLKHÄLSAN INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blindness; Exfoliation glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Primary open angle glaucoma; Visual disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247235167     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318033500f     Document Type: Article

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