Family history is a strong risk factor for prevalent angle closure in a south Indian population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2091-2097

  Kavitha, Srinivasan ^a   Zebardast, Nazlee ^b   Palaniswamy, Krishnamurthy ^a   Wojciechowski, Robert ^b,c   Chan, Emilie S ^b   Friedman, David S ^b   Venkatesh, Rengaraj ^a   Ramulu, Pradeep Y ^b  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; ANGLE CLOSURE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACHYMETRY; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE; REFRACTION ERROR; SIBLING; SLIT LAMP; SUSPECT ANGLE CLOSURE; TONOMETRY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; FAMILY HEALTH; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84908489393     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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