Screening First Degree Relatives of Persons with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in India
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Screening First Degree Relatives of Persons with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in India.
PURPOSE To report the results of screening first degree relatives of persons identified with primary open angle glaucoma in a tertiary eye hospital glaucoma services. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of first degree relatives of persons with primary open angle glaucoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS First degree relatives of patients identified with primary open angle glaucoma were invited to partici...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0974-0333,0975-1947
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10008-1172