Primary open-angle glaucoma: The importance of family history and role of intraocular pressure

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 312-313

  Zegers, Richard H C ^a   Reinders, Erik F ^a   de Smet, Marc D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL; LATANOPROST;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; FAMILY HISTORY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; SPECTACLES; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; ANAMNESIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42949100450     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01630.x     Document Type: Article

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