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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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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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Medical treatment of open-angle glaucoma [PDF]

Community Eye Health Journal, 2012
Most guidelines that exist for the treatment of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) – such the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines (page 47) – recommend medicine as initial therapy, though laser treatment may also play ...
Mohammed M Abdull, Dan Kiage, Fatima Kyari, Adunola Ogunro   +3 more
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A survey on heredity of open angle glaucoma

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1987
This study was undertaken to find out the incidence of Open Angle Glaucoma (OAG) in the sibs and children of glaucoma patients and to determine the hereditary nature.
Bhattacharjee Harsha, Chowdhury H
doaj   +2 more sources

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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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

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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Timolol in open angle glaucoma

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1981
Agarwal H, Sood N, Dayal Y
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PreserFlo® MicroShunt: An Overview of This Minimally Invasive Device for Open-Angle Glaucoma

Vision, 2022
For moderate-to-severe glaucoma, trabeculectomy remains the “gold standard” intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering treatment; nonetheless, this method requires extensive post-operative maintenance.
G. Gambini, Matteo Mario Carlà, Federico Giannuzzi, T. Caporossi, Umberto De Vico, A. Savastano, A. Baldascino, Clara Rizzo, Raphael Kilian, A. Caporossi, S. Rizzo   +10 more
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