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Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma : A Review

Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011
Primary angle closure glaucoma affects large number of people worldwide and it accounts for half of the cases of primary glaucoma. Primary angle closure is defined as appositional or synechial closure of the anterior chamber angle by contact between iris
Gaurav Kumar, Anasua Ganguly, Mayank Bansal, Tanuj Dada   +3 more
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Distribution of Glaucoma in the Major Religious Communities of a Northern Indian Town: A Hospital Survey [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Introduction: Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in India and the numbers of the patients are increasing every day. The prevalence of glaucoma depends upon various factors like racial and ethnic factors, the socioeconomic status, etc. Aim: To
SMITA AGARWAL, M. A. SHAMSHAD, DISHANTER GOEL, MARYEM ANSARI   +3 more
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Association of body mass index and PXDNL gene variants with acute primary angle closure in southern Chinese population

Heliyon, 2023
This study aimed to evaluate the association of body mass index (BMI) and the weight-related gene, peroxidasin-like (PXDNL), with acute primary angle closure (APAC) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in southern Chinese population.
Jiawei Chen, Shaowan Chen, Yuqian Zheng, Yanxuan Xu, Xin Zhong, Yuqiang Huang, Tsz Kin Ng, Chukai Huang   +7 more
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Ocular Biometry in Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma [PDF]

, 2007
Primary angle-closure glaucoma, which is more prevalent in Asia than in Western countries, causes considerable visual morbidity. Compared with normal eyes, eyes with primary angleclosure glaucoma are characterized by a shallow anterior chamber, thick ...
Yu-Wen Lan, Por-Tying Hung, Jui-Wen Hsieh, Hsieh, Jui-Wen, Lan, Yu-Wen, Hung, Por-Tying   +5 more
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Systemic comorbidities, seasonal onset, and antihypertensive medication use in primary angle-closure disease subtypes [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology
AIM: To investigate clinical characteristics, comorbidities, seasonal onset, and antihypertensive medication use among acute primary angle-closure (APAC), chronic primary angle-closure glaucoma (CPACG), and primary angle-closure suspect (PACS) patients ...
Xiao-Yue Zhang, Qian-Yi Wu, Zhi-Qiao Liang, Ye Lu, Kuan-Kuan Wu, Yao Ma, Hui-Juan Wu   +6 more
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Management of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a progressive optic nerve degeneration and is defined as a glaucomatous optic neuropathy with associated characteristic enlargement of optic disc cupping and visual field loss that is secondary to ocular hypertension caused by closure of the drainage angle.
Lai, JSM, Shum, JWH, Choy, BNK
openaire   +4 more sources

The Beijing angle closure progression study: design and methodology

Frontiers in Medicine
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to summarize the design and methodology of a large-scale trial in northern China, the Beijing Angle Closure Progression Study (BAPS).
Zhi-qiao Liang, Zhi-qiao Liang, Kang-yi Yang, Kang-yi Yang, Kun Lv, Kun Lv, Yao Ma, Yao Ma, Cun Sun, Ge Liang, Yan-kun Yue, Jia-yin Qin, Yao Zhao, Jia-nan Zhang, Qiong Yi, Xing-zhi Sun, Hui-juan Wu, Hui-juan Wu   +17 more
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Comparison of choroidal thickness and lens thickness among subtypes of angle-closure disease

The Pan-American Journal of Ophthalmology
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate choroidal thickness and lens thickness among various subtypes of angle-closure disease and compare it with healthy controls.
Sai Lakshmi Suvarna Yeluguri, Mithun Thulasidas, Ajita Sasidharan, V. Rajesh Prabu, M. Prabhu Shanker   +4 more
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Salmonella lipopolysaccharide‐containing supported lipid bilayers as platforms to study bacteriophage interactions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We present robust protocols for the preparation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) incorporating either Salmonella smooth LPS or outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). We use a combination of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM‐D) and fluorescence microscopy to both characterize the SLBs of various compositions and to probe their interactions ...
Hudson P. Pace, Alyssa Borges, Charles Arnaud, Tove Karlsson, Nina K. Bröker, Stefanie Barbirz, Marta Bally   +6 more
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Angle closure glaucoma in rural and urban populations in eastern India—The Hooghly River Glaucoma Study

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018
Purpose: To estimate the prevalence, features, and associations of primary angle closure disease (PACD) in rural and urban populations from West Bengal in eastern India. Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study with two arms, rural and
Chandrima Paul, Subhrangshu Sengupta, Souvik Banerjee, Sumit Choudhury   +3 more
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