Risk factors for incident open-angle glaucoma: A population-based 20-year follow-up study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-321

  Ekström, Curt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

capsular glaucoma; chronic simple glaucoma; epidemiology; exfoliation glaucoma; intraocular pressure; open angle glaucoma; optic disc haemorrhages; pseudoexfoliation; risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OPTIC DISK BLEEDING; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84861634031     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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