The Ideal Glaucoma Incision
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‘An ideal service for glaucoma would be…’
• The prevalence of different types of glaucoma in the population (as open-angle and angle-closure glaucoma are managed differently). • The age and socio-economic status of the local population, as well as any biomedical/metabolic or genetic factors that might predispose them to glaucoma. This makes it possible to identify the high-risk groups. • The local community’s knowledge, beliefs and hea...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1914
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591571400701745