Hypothyroidism and the development of open-angle glaucoma in a male population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1649-1652

  Girkin, Christopher A ^a,e   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,c   McNeal, Sandre F ^a   Lee, Paul P ^d   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Burns   (Australia)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR;

THYROXINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; THYROXINE;

EID: 4444295775     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.05.026     Document Type: Article

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