Pseudoexfoliation in a rural Burmese population: The Meiktila eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1325-1328

  Abdul Rahman, A M ^a,d   Casson, R J ^b   Newland, H S ^b   Muecke, J ^b   McGovern, S ^b   Aung, T H ^c   Selva, D ^b   Aung, T ^c  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^c Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

^d Manukau SuperClinic   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE SIZE; SLIT LAMP; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 53649096686     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.141523     Document Type: Article

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