Incidence of open-angle glaucoma in central Sweden

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 747-754

  Ekström, Curt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capsular glaucoma; Chronic simple glaucoma; Epidemiology; Exfoliative glaucoma; Incidence; Intraocular pressure; Open angle glaucoma; Pseudoexfoliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VISUAL FIELD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 55449101206     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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