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Challenges and difficulties in diagnosis of normal-tension glaucoma
Journal of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society, 2023 Aim The aim of this study is to clinically investigate the challenges and pitfalls of normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) diagnostic methods by ophthalmic clinical and investigative examinations.
Islam M Metwally +2 more
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Normal tension glaucoma – case report [PDF]
, 2020 Normal tension glaucoma (NTG), reffered to also as low-tension glaucoma, represents a glaucomatous optic neuropathy classified as a type of Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG).
Dakov, N. +5 more
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Mass spectrometry in ocular drug research
Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Mass spectrometry (MS) has been proven as an excellent tool in ocular drug research allowing analyzes from small samples and low concentrations. This review begins with a short introduction to eye physiology and ocular pharmacokinetics and the relevance of advancing ophthalmic treatments.
Eva M. del Amo +6 more
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Is “normal tension glaucoma” glaucoma?
Medical Hypotheses, 2019 Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) represents a distinct disease entity with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) as the main risk factor, even though the reasons for why the IOP is elevated remains to be elucidated. It is considered that normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is a subtype of POAG, comprising a special form of glaucomatous neurodegeneration or ...
Xuyang Liu, Ning Fan, Junkai Tan
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Normal tension glaucoma: from the brain to the eye or the inverse?
Neural Regeneration Research, 2019 Glaucoma is a chronic, progressive optic neuropathy characterized by the loss of peripheral vision first and then central vision. Clinically, normal tension glaucoma is considered a special subtype of glaucoma, in which the patient’s intraocular pressure
Hui-Jun Zhang, Xue-Song Mi, Kwok-Fai So
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Differences of optic disc appearance between normal tension and high tension glaucoma patients [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2011 Introduction. The term glaucoma is used to cover a wide range of diseases, whose main feature is optic neuropathy. According to the level of intraocular pressure (IOP), the open angle glaucoma is arbitrarily divided into high tension glaucoma (HTG ...
Stojčić Milan +2 more
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Co-occurrence of chronic kidney disease and glaucoma:Epidemiology and etiological mechanisms [PDF]
, 2022 As the histology, physiology, and pathophysiology of eyes and kidneys show substantial overlap, it has been suggested that eye and kidney diseases, such as glaucoma and chronic kidney disease (CKD), may be closely interlinked.
Gansevoort, Ron T. +6 more
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Evaluation of peripapillary choroidal thickness in patients with normal-tension glaucoma
BMC Ophthalmology, 2012 Background To compare peripapillary choroidal thickness measurements between normal and normal-tension glaucoma eyes. Methods Cross-sectional comparative study. 50 normal and 52 normal-tension glaucoma subjects were enrolled in the study.
Hirooka Kazuyuki +5 more
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Central corneal thickness among glaucoma patients attending Menelik II Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness. Intra-ocular pressure is the main and only manageable of all risk factors for glaucoma.
Gizachew, Zelalem, Mulugeta, Abiy
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Diagnosis and treatment of normal tension glaucoma: a case report
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015 Background: Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is the form of the disease in which damage to the optic nerve occurs at normal intraocular pressure levels. According to Levene, four times as many patients in the over 40 age group have NTG as have high tension ...
VS Ponomarchuk +5 more
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