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Table 1 Disease key words

From: The direction of research into visual disability and quality of life in glaucoma

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Disease Key Words

1

"glaucoma" (1)

2

"age-related macular degeneration" or "AMD" or "age related macular disease" or "age related maculopathy" or "ARMD" or "macular degeneration" or "macular disease"

3

"type 2 diabetes" or "type II diabetes" or "type two diabetes" or "diabetes mellitus"

4

"hearing impairment" or "hearing loss" or "loss of hearing" or "deafness"

5

"rheumatoid arthritis" or "rheumatic gout" or "rheumatoid disease"

6

"parkinson's disease" or "parkinson disease"

7

"Multiple Sclerosis" or "MS" or "Acute Fulminating Sclerosis" or "Disseminated Sclerosis"

  1. (1) Since synonyms for the disease all tend to contain the word 'glaucoma' (i.e. primary open angle glaucoma, normal-tension glaucoma, secondary glaucoma), it was assumed that the term "glaucoma" alone would be sufficient to encapsulate all forms of the disease