Comparison of axial lengths in occludable angle and angle-closure glaucoma - The Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-154

  Thapa, Suman S ^a   Paudyal, Indira ^a   Khanal, Shankar ^b   Paudel, Nabin ^c   Van Rens, Ger H M B ^d  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Sudrishti Eye Clinic   (Nepal)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biometry; Nepal; population based study; primary angle closure glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER DEPTH; AXIAL LENGTH; BIOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HANDHELDS; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; LENS OPACITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEAN AGES; NEPAL; ODDS RATIOS; OPTIC DISC; PER UNIT; POPULATION-BASED STUDY; TRABECULAR MESHWORKS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATHOLOGY; RISK; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; ODDS RATIO; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 78651476856     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318205e320     Document Type: Article

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