Prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma in a Spanish population: The Segovia study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-376

  Antón, Alfonso ^a,b,e   Andrada, Maria T ^a   Mujica, Vicente ^c   Calle, Miguel A ^c   Portela, Javier ^d   Mayo, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE L ESPERANÇA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE SEGOVIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ocular hypertension; Population based study; Primary open angle glaucoma; Visual field testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CAMERA; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 4644340278     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000133385.74502.29     Document Type: Article

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