Incidence of Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-182

  Topouzis, Fotis ^a   Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR 1;

AGING; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; CATARACT; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; LENS; MYDRIASIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; PUPIL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TONOMETRY;

EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE;

EID: 67650351537     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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