An evaluation of the darkroom prone provocative test in family members of primary angle closure glaucoma patients

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 984-989

  Sihota, R ^a   Mohan, S ^a   Dada, T ^a   Gupta, V ^a   Pandey, R M ^a   Ghate, D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC DISK; PERIMETRY; PROVOCATION TEST; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34447341695     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702375     Document Type: Article

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