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Determinants and Characteristics of Angle-Closure Disease in an Elderly Chinese Population

Yu-Chieh KoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ;National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ;Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan,
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Catherine J. LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ;National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Correspondence[email protected]
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Wen-Ming HsuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ;Department of Ophthalmology, Shuang Ho Hospital-Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan,
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Ching-Yu ChengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ;Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, ;Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and
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Tung-Mei KuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ;National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ;Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pesus ChouCommunity Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Pages 109-115 | Received 19 Feb 2014, Accepted 13 Oct 2014, Published online: 17 Mar 2015

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