Design and methodology of a randomized controlled trial of laser iridotomy for the prevention of angle closure in Southern China: The zhongshan angle closure prevention trial

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 321-332

  Jiang, Yuzhen ^a   Friedman, David S ^b   He, Mingguang ^a,c   Huang, Shengsong ^a   Kong, Xiangbin ^a   Foster, Paul J ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Laser iridotomy; Methodology; Randomized controlled trial; Study design

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; NEUROPATHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STUDY DESIGN; TONOMETRY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD TESTS;

EID: 77957298331     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.508353     Document Type: Article

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