The prevalence of primary angle closure glaucoma in European derived populations: A systematic review

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1162-1167

  Day, Alexander C ^a,b   Baio, Gianluca ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^b   Bunce, Catey ^a,b,d   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^e   Munoz, Beatriz ^f   Friedman, David S ^f   Foster, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SLIT LAMP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84866065195     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301189     Document Type: Review

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