Of the study participants in the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) who had open-angle glaucoma, 75% were previously undiagnosed.
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Varma, Rohit, Mei Ying-Lai, Brian A. Francis, Betsy Bao-Thu Nguyen, Jennifer Deneen, M. Roy Wilson, and Stanley P. Azen. "Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study". Ophthalmology. Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 1439-48. [ Permalink ] |