Lifetime visual prognosis of patients with glaucoma

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 766-770

  Goh, Yi Wei ^a   Ang, Ghee Soon ^a   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best corrected visual acuity; Blind registrable; Glaucoma; Mean deviation; Partial sight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80255137031     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02559.x     Document Type: Article

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