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Nigeria Normative Data for Defining Glaucoma in Prevalence Surveys

Fatima KyariInternational Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, ;Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Abuja, Nigeria, Correspondence[email protected]
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Mohammed M. AbdullInternational Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, ;Department of Ophthalmology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, Nigeria,
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Ferenc B. SalloMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK,
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Paul G. SpryBristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK,
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Richard WormaldInternational Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, ;Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK,
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Tunde PetoMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK, ;NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK, and
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Hannah B. FaalAfrica Vision Research Institute (AVRI), Durban, South Africa
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Clare E. GilbertInternational Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK,
& on behalf of the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group show all
Pages 98-108 | Received 24 Jan 2014, Accepted 13 Oct 2014, Published online: 17 Mar 2015

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