Exfoliation syndrome in Nigeria

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 402-405

  Olawoye, Olusola O ^a   Ashaye, Adeyinka O ^a   Teng, Christopher C ^b,d   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^b,c   Ritch, Robert ^b,d   Ajayi, Benedict G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exfoliation Syndrome; Glaucoma; Nigeria; Yoruba Tribe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 84870165258     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.102759     Document Type: Article

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