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Neuroinflammation in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Increasing evidence suggests oxidative damage and immune response defects are key factors contributing to glaucoma onset. Indeed, both the failure of the trabecular meshwork tissue in the conventional outflow pathway and the neuroinflammation process ...
Stefania Vernazza, Sara Tirendi, Anna Maria Bassi, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Sergio Claudio Saccà   +4 more
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Hypertension in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2014
Introduction: The impact of vascular factors in POAG is well known and controversial. Some reports have shown high blood pressure in POAG, some low systolic blood pressure and some described no difference in blood pressure between POAG and controls ...
Suprada Pokharel, Dakki Sherpa, Om Krishna Malla   +2 more
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Micropulse Trabeculoplasty in Open Angle Glaucoma

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2018
Background: We report the effect of micropulse laser trabeculoplasty (MLT) in the intraocular pressure (IOP) of patients with uncontrolled open-angle glaucoma (OAG).
Diego Alejandro Valera-Cornejo, Waldo Loayza-Gamboa, Julio Herrera-Quiroz, Rosa Alvarado-Vlllacorta, Luis Cordova-Crisanto, Vanessa Valderrama-Albino, Nahuel Pantoja Davalos   +6 more
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Primary open angle glaucoma and hypothyroidism

Clinical Optometry, 2010
George Kitsos1, Chrisavgi Pappa1, Agathoklis Tsatsoulis21Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece; 2Endocrinology Clinic, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School ...
George Kitsos, Chrisavgi Pappa, Agathoklis Tsatsoulis   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Lasers in primary open angle glaucoma

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011
Lasers have been used in the treatment of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) over the years, with the hope that they would eventually replace medical and surgical therapy.
Sihota Ramanjit
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Effect of Glaucoma on Corneal Endothelium [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Medical Research, 2021
Background: Glaucoma is a group of diseases characterized by a specific pattern of optic nerve neuropathy and retinopathy which is permenant. There is increasing evidence of glaucoma-associated corneal endothelial changes.
Hazem Effat Abd El-Ghany Mohammad Haroon, Asmaa Mohamed Samir, Haytham Ibrahim Ibrahim El-Shawaf, Muller Victor Shaker   +3 more
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Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 2009
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), by far the most common form of glaucoma, currently afflicts more than 2 million Americans, more than half of whom probably don't know they have it. Asymptomatic in the early stages, it gradually and progressively reduces the visual field and leads to blindness if untreated.
Georgia Deretzi, Jannis Kountouras, Christos Zavos   +2 more
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MYOC Gene Sequencing Analysis in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients from the Centre Region of Portugal

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
Introduction: Primary open-angle glaucoma is the most frequent subtype of glaucoma. Relatives of primary open-angle glaucoma patients have an increased risk of developing the disease, suggesting a genetic predisposition to the disease.
Filipe Silva, Filipa Ferreira, Pedro Faria, Isa Sobral, Mariana Rodrigues, João Pratas, João Filipe Silva, Manuela Grazina, José Moura Pereira, Henrique Girão, Paulo Pereira   +10 more
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 127 open-angle glaucoma loci with consistent effect across ancestries

Nature Communications, 2021
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), is a heritable common cause of blindness world-wide. To identify risk loci, we conduct a large multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies on a total of 34,179 cases and 349,321 controls, identifying ...
P. Gharahkhani, E. Jorgenson, P. Hysi, A. Khawaja, S. Pendergrass, Xikun Han, Jue-Sheng Ong, A. Hewitt, A. Segrè, J. Rouhana, Andrew R. Hamel, R. Igo, H. Choquet, Ayub Qassim, N. Josyula, J. C. Cooke Bailey, Pieter W. M. Bonnemaijer, Adriana I. Iglesias, O. Siggs, T. Young, V. Vitart, A. Thiadens, J. Karjalainen, S. Uebe, R. Melles, K. S. Nair, R. Luben, Mark J. Simcoe, Nishani Amersinghe, A. Cree, Rene Hohn, A. Poplawski, L. J. Chen, S. Rong, T. Aung, E. Vithana, G. Tamiya, Yukihiro Shiga, Masayuki Yamamoto, T. Nakazawa, Hannah Currant, E. Birney, Xin Wang, A. Auton, Michelle K. Lupton, N. Martin, A. Ashaye, O. Olawoye, S. Williams, S. Akafo, M. Ramsay, Kazuki Hashimoto, Y. Kamatani, M. Akiyama, Y. Momozawa, P. Foster, P. Khaw, J. Morgan, N. Strouthidis, P. Kraft, J. Kang, C. Pang, F. Pasutto, P. Mitchell, A. Lotery, A. Palotie, C. V. van Duijn, J. Haines, C. Hammond, L. Pasquale, C. Klaver, M. Hauser, C. Khor, D. Mackey, M. Kubo, Ching-Yu Cheng, J. Craig, S. Macgregor, J. Wiggs   +78 more
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Prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma in the last 20 years: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Scientific Reports, 2021
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world and is influenced by various sociodemographic factors. This meta-analysis aims to determine the worldwide prevalence of POAG in the adult general population for ...
Nan Zhang, Jiaxing Wang, Ying Li, B. Jiang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source