The effect of different criteria on the number of patients blind from open-angle glaucoma

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Heijl, Anders ^a   Aspberg, Johan ^a   Bengtsson, Boel ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80755125818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-31     Document Type: Article

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