Can the prevalence of open‐angle glaucoma be estimated from a retrospective clinical material? A study on the west coast of Iceland

• Published in: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
• Main Authors: Jóhannesson, Gauti, Guðmundsdóttir, Guðrún J., Lindén, Christina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Akranes; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00514.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0420.2005.00514.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00514.x

Abstract. Purpose: To explore the possibility of estimating the prevalence of open‐angle glaucoma (OAG) on the west coast of Iceland using a clinical retrospective material, and to compare that estimate with the results from a recent prospective Icelandic study. Methods: The compulsory ophthalmologi...