A population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nepal: The Bhaktapur glaucoma study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 759-764

  Thapa, Suman S ^a   Paudyal, Indira ^a   Khanal, Shankar ^b   Twyana, Shankha N ^a   Paudyal, Govinda ^a   Gurung, Reeta ^a   Ruit, Sanduk ^a   Van Rens, Ger H M B ^c  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84859267226     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.10.021     Document Type: Article

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