Glaucoma in a rural population of southern India

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GonioscopyMedicineGlaucomaOphthalmologyOptic discIntraocular pressureOpen angle glaucomaVisual fieldPopulationOptometryOcular hypertensionFundus (uterus)

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Year: 2003
Type: article
Volume: 110
Issue: 8
Pages: 1484-1490
Citations: 391
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                                    Rengappa Ramakrishnan, 
                                
                                    Praveen K. Nirmalan, 
                                
                                    R Krishnadas
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2003). 
                            Glaucoma in a rural population of southern India. 
                            Ophthalmology
                            , 110
                            (8)
                            , 1484-1490.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0161-6420(03)00564-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0161-6420(03)00564-5