Factors Associated with Undiagnosed Open-Angle Glaucoma: The Thessaloniki Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Topouzis, Fotis ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^c   Harris, Alon ^b   Koskosas, Archimidis ^a   Founti, Panayiota ^a   Gong, Gordon ^d   Yu, Fei ^c   Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ^a   Pappas, Theofanis ^a   Wilson, M Roy ^d,e,f  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK CUP; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 38349083191     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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