Glaucoma and clinical characteristics in Vietnamese Americans

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 733-738

  Peng, Pai Huei ^a,b,c   Manivanh, Richard ^d   Nguyen, Ngoc ^a,d   Weinreb, Robert N ^e   Lin, Shan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Ngoc Nguyen Eye Clinic   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Glaucoma; Gonioscopy; Laser iridotomy; Open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDOTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED MECHANISM GLAUCOMA; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; IRIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960723251     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.584009     Document Type: Article

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