Medicine

Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Y. Tham, Xiang Li, T. Wong, H. Quigley, T. Aung, Ching-Yu Cheng

2014.11.1OPHTHALMOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.05.013

tlooto Summary

The global prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glauComa (PACG) and the number of affected people in 2020 and 2040 are examined, disproportionally affecting people residing in Asia and Africa.

Abstract

Abstract is not available.

Citation format

THAM, Y., et al. Global prevalence of glaucoma and projections of glaucoma burden through 2040: A systematic review and meta-analysis. OPHTHALMOLOGY, 2014, 121 11: 2081–90.