High prevalence of narrow angles among Chinese-American glaucoma and glaucoma suspect patients

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 578-581

  Seider, Michael I ^a   Pekmezci, Melike ^a   Han, Ying ^a   Sandhu, Simi ^a   Kwok, Shiu Y ^a   Lee, Roland Y ^a   Lin, Shan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; Epidemiology; Narrow angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAN FRANCISCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349109478     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181996f19     Document Type: Article

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