Screening for Glaucoma

作者: Maurice W. Tuck , Ronald P. Crick

DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199710010-00001

关键词: DiseaseMedical screeningEye diseaseGlaucomaEpidemiologyPediatricsPopulationWest indiesWestern europeOptometryMedicinePharmacology (medical)Geriatrics and Gerontology

摘要: A review of 15 population-based glaucoma prevalence surveys in Western Europe, the US, West Indies and Japan shows that proportion patients with condition who had previously gone undetected was generally at least 50%.

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