Can intraocular pressure asymmetry indicate undiagnosed primary glaucoma? The Chennai glaucoma study

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Choudhari, Nikhil S ^a   George, Ronnie ^a   Baskaran, Mani ^a   Ve, Ramesh S ^a   Raju, Prema ^a   Vijaya, L ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

intraocular pressure asymmetry; primary angle closure glaucoma; primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIDECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872189483     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e31822af25f     Document Type: Article

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