Primary angle closure glaucoma: A descriptive study in Scottish Caucasians

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 847-851

  Ng, Wai S ^a,b   Ang, Ghee S ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle closure; Epidemiology; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRELAND; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 62149126246     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01904.x     Document Type: Article

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