title: [Prevalence of primary glaucoma in Uzbekistan].
abstract: The author analyzes the prevalence of glaucoma and medicosocial characteristics of patients suffering from this condition over the course of 5 years basing on the records of a glaucoma room in the town on Tashkent. The age, sex, education of the patients, social, and pathologic aspects of this problem are analyzed. Data on detection of glaucoma patients are presented. The author analyzes the stage of the process at the moment of diagnosis of open- or closed-angle glaucoma and emphasizes the low rate of surgical treatment. The incidence of the major concomitant diseases characteristic of patients with primary glaucoma is discussed.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Kremkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000453:epidemiology; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014610:Uzbekistan / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Rasprostranennost' pervichnoĭ glaukomy v Uzbekistane.