Prevalence and characteristics of primary angle-closure diseases in a rural adult Chinese population: The Handan eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 8672-8679

  Liang, Yuanbo ^a,b,c   Friedman, David S ^c,d   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Yang, Xiao Hui ^a   Sun, Lan Ping ^b   Guo, Lixia ^b   Chang, Dolly S ^c,d   Lian, Liying ^b   Wang, Ning Li ^a,b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Handan Eye Hospital   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SLIT LAMP; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ASIAN; BLINDNESS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLINDNESS; CHINA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84855380696     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7480     Document Type: Article

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