Characteristics of pseudoexfoliation in the Thessaloniki eye study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ^a   Topouzis, Fotis ^a   Wilson, M Roy ^b   Harris, Alon ^c   Pappas, Theofanis ^a   Yu, Fei ^d   Koskosas, Archimidis ^a   Founti, Panayiota ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

glaucoma; intraocular pressure; population based study; pseudoexfoliation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79952694880     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181d9d8bd     Document Type: Article

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