Glaucoma detection: The content of optometric eye examinations for a presbyopic patient of African racial descent

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-496

  Shah, R ^a,b   Edgar, D F ^b   Spry, P G ^c   Harper, R A ^d   Kotecha, A ^b   Rughani, S ^a   Evans, B J W ^a,b  

^a Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEGRO; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTOMETRY; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT SIMULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESBYOPIA; RISK FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 64849116445     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145623     Document Type: Article

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