Is measurement of adult height useful in screening for primary angle closure

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1775-1780

  Chang, L ^a   Aung, T ^b   Low, S ^a,d   Wong, T Y ^c   Khaw, P T ^a,d   Foster, P J ^a,d  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Height; Primary angle closure; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BODY HEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 70349224010     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.375     Document Type: Article

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