Ocular hypertension and normal-tension glaucoma: Time for banishment and burial

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 785-787

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION;

EID: 79958726511     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.117     Document Type: Editorial

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