Epidemiology of exfoliation syndrome in the Reykjavik eye study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue THESIS3, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Arnarsson, Ársæll Már ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Exfoliation syndrome; Glaucoma; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 73449087639     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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