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Three-Decade Evaluation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure in Open-Angle Glaucoma at a Tertiary Care Center

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most prevalent risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma. However, IOP alone does not fully describe a mechanical basis for disease in patients with normal tension glaucoma or primary open-angle glaucoma.
Catherine G. Knier, David Fleischman, David O. Hodge, John P. Berdahl, Michael P. Fautsch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mitochondrial damage in the trabecular meshwork occurs only in primary open-angle glaucoma and in pseudoexfoliative glaucoma.

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundOpen-angle glaucoma appears to be induced by the malfunction of the trabecular meshwork cells due to injury induced by oxidative damage and mitochondrial impairment.
Alberto Izzotti, Mariagrazia Longobardi, Cristina Cartiglia, Sergio Claudio Saccà   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis and prediction ofprimary open-angle glaucoma by the level of local cytokine

Медицинская иммунология, 2020
The incidence of glaucoma is rather high in different countries, being the leading cause of visual loss in the population, thus presuming relevance of the search for new and informative methods of diagnosing this disease.
N. M. Agarkov, A. M. Chukhraev, N. V. Yablokova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of central corneal thickness of primary open angle glaucoma patients with normal controls in South India

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Background: Studies mainly in the western population have compared central corneal thickness in primary open angle glaucoma and normal individuals have found variable results.
Maya Natarajan, Krishna Das, Jayakumar Jeganathan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinicoepidemiological Profile of Glaucoma in 18-45 Years of AgeA Descriptive Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Introduction: Glaucoma is a group of disorders characterised by chronic progressive optic neuropathy. The consequences of glaucoma are more severe in the young individuals because of late diagnosis and longer life expectancy.
Vinokali AchumI, Susan Thomas, Neeta Sidhan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What was Glaucoma Called Before the 20th Century? [PDF]

, 2015
Glaucoma involves a characteristic optic neuropathy, often with elevated intraocular pressure. Before 1850, poor vision with a normal eye appearance, as occurs in primary open-angle glaucoma, was termed amaurosis, gutta serena, or black cataract.
Bermudez, Dennis, Giliberti, Francesca M., Leffler, Christopher T., Schwartz, Stephen G., Young, Matthew T.   +4 more
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A Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nigeria: results from the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. There tends to be a lower reporting of glaucoma in Africa compared to other blinding conditions in global burden data.
Entekume, Gabriel, Gilbert, Clare E, Kyari, Fatima, Murthy, Gudlavalleti VS, Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group, Nolan, Winifred, Rabiu, Mansur, Spry, Paul, Wormald, Richard   +8 more
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The prevalence of glaucoma in indigenous Australians within Central Australia: the Central Australian Ocular Health Study [PDF]

, 2011
Aims To determine the prevalence of glaucoma within the indigenous Australian population living in central Australia. Methods 1884 individuals aged ≥20 years, living in one of 30 remote communities within the statistical local area of ‘Central Australia,
Craig, Jamie E, Henderson, Timothy R, Landers, John   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Progression from ocular hypertension to visual field loss in the English hospital eye service [PDF]

, 2020
Background There are more than one million National Health Service visits in England and Wales each year for patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension (OHT).
Azuara-Blanco, A., Bryan, S. R., Crabb, D. P., Kelly, S. R., Khawaja, A. P., Sparrow, J. M.   +5 more
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Corneal alterations associated with pseudoexfoliation syndrome and glaucoma: A literature review [PDF]

, 2017
A systematic literature review was performed evaluating articles examining the effects of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) and glaucoma (PEXG) on the cornea with a focus on the corneal endothelium.
Palko, Joel R, Qi, Owen, Sheybani, Arsham   +2 more
core   +7 more sources