1. Ophthalmology Review.
- Author
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Yorston, David
- Subjects
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GLAUCOMA , *BLINDNESS , *DISEASE prevalence , *GONIOSCOPY , *OPEN-angle glaucoma - Abstract
The article focuses on glaucoma, described as being responsible for around 15% of blindness in Africa. Topics discussed include the prevalence of blindness from cataract, the results of the Nigeria blindness survey carried out between 2005 and 2007, and why some patients with glaucoma had gonioscopy. It also details how glaucoma was graded by severity in a paper from Nigeria that looked at new patients presenting with open angle glaucoma to a teaching hospital in Bauchi, North East Nigeria.
- Published
- 2016