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On the lookout: how to save the sight of Australians who have glaucoma
Author(s) -
Walland Mark J
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01616.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , optometry , ophthalmology , medicine , citation , sight , library science , computer science , physics , astronomy
Excessive reliance on intraocular pressure to detect glaucoma leaves many affected patients undiagnosed and untreated; visualisation of the optic disc is a dying art that needs to be revived.