Prevalence and Types of Glaucoma Among an Indigenous African Population in Southwestern Nigeria

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Adeyinka Ashaye · University College Hospital, Ibadan

Olumide Ashaolu · Federal Medical Centre

Opeyemi Komolafe · Federal Medical Centre

Benedict G. K. Ajayi

Olusola Olawoye · University College Hospital, Ibadan

Boluwatife Olusanya · University College Hospital, Ibadan

C O Adeoti · Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital

Abstract

The high prevalence of glaucoma (7.3%) in the Akinyele district in southwestern Nigeria is comparable with those in predominantly black populations in the Akwapim-South district of Ghana and Barbados. Primary open angle glaucoma remains the most prevalent form of glaucoma.

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Glaucoma and retinal disorders Retinal Imaging and Analysis

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Published in: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Volume 54, Issue 12, pp. 7410-7410

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12698

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Prevalence and Types of Glaucoma Among an Indigenous African Population in Southwestern Nigeria

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