The 12-year incidence of glaucoma and glaucoma-related visual field loss in Italy: The Ponza eye study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Cedrone, Claudio ^a   Mancino, Raffaele ^a   Ricci, Federico ^a   Cerulli, Angelica ^a   Culasso, Franco ^b   Nucci, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; incidence; risk factors; visual field loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMMETROPIA; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84855458430     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3182027796     Document Type: Article

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