Mean target intraocular pressure and progression rates in chronic angle-closure glaucoma

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Liza Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin ^a   Yuen Shi Yin, Nancy ^b   Shi Huang Lee, Shami ^c   Jackson, Angi L ^d   Stewart, William C ^d,e  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Pharmaceutical Research Network   (United States)

^e University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 61849142260     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2008.0061     Document Type: Article

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