Preventing glaucoma in a high-risk population impact and observations of the ocular hypertension treatment study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-218

  Rhee, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; KERATOCONUS; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CORNEA; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORNEA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60549117738     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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