Mortality in primary open-angle glaucoma: Two cupped discs and a funeral

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-63

  Hewitt, A W ^a,b   Sanfilippo, P ^b   Ring, M A ^c   Craig, J E ^a   MacKey, D A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular; Death; Glaucoma Inheritance Study in Tasmania; Heart disease; Systemic association

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 75449119468     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.37     Document Type: Article

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