Focusing on patients at high-risk for glaucoma in Brazil: A pilot study

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 640-645

  Paletta Guedes, R A ^a,b   Guedes, V M Paletta ^a,b   Chaoubah, A ^b  

^a Centre Ophtalmologique Paletta Guedes   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449132188     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfo.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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