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Biomarkers in primary open angle glaucoma

open access: yesClinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2012
Abstract Glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide, is currently defined as a disturbance of the structural or functional integrity of the optic nerve that causes characteristic atrophic changes in the optic nerve, which may lead to specific visual field defects over time.
George Kitsos   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Primary open‐angle glaucoma

Medical Journal of Australia, 2002
Early diagnosis of this otherwise progressive, asymptomatic process is essential.
Ivan, Goldberg   +2 more
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Phacotrabeculectomy in Treatment of Primary Angle-closure Glaucoma and Primary Open-angle Glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004
To evaluate the surgical outcome of combined phacoemulsification, posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation, and trabeculectomy (phacotrabeculectomy) in patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) or primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).The records of 57 consecutive patients (65 eyes) with PACG or POAG that were treated with ...
Tham, CCY, Lai, JSM, Lam, DSC, Chan, JCH
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Feline primary open angle glaucoma

Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2008
AbstractObjectives  We have documented the histomorphological features of feline primary open angle glaucoma.Design  A retrospective morphologic study of eight affected eyes from eight cats, from 1992 to 2006 extracted from a pathology collection, which includes 4000 feline submissions and 1100 cases of feline glaucoma.Procedure  Sections of affected ...
Susan, Jacobi, Richard R, Dubielzig
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Hypothyroidism and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Ophthalmologica, 2000
<i>Objective:</i> To test if there is an association between hypothyroidism and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and the utility of routine study of thyroid function in these patients. <i>Methods:</i> The study was conducted in a case-control fashion.
F J, Muñoz-Negrete   +4 more
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Gut microbiota compositional profile and serum metabolic phenotype in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Experimental Eye Research, 2020
The gut microbiota (GM) and its influence on host metabolism are considered to be an environmental factor that contributes to the progression of many immune and neurodegenerative diseases.
Haijun Gong   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

HLA in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

International Archives of Allergy and Applied Immunology, 2009
Histocompatibility antigen typing was carried out in 50 Caucasian patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and 50 Caucasian ocular-normotensive subjects. HLA-A 3 was present in 46%, B7 in 52%, B 12 in 50%, and either B 7 or B 12 in 88% of patients with POAG.
D H, Shin, B, Becker, C E, Bell
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Race and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1985
A comparison of racial distributions for three groups of patients showed that 115 of 140 patients (81.6%) with open-angle glaucoma, 221 of 392 patients (56.4%) with ocular hypertension, and 1,028 of 2,109 patients (48.7%) in a random sample were black.
M J, Martin   +3 more
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Genetics of primary open angle glaucoma

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative disease and one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness, affecting over 60 million people worldwide. At the present time, glaucoma is clinically defined, but the exact etiology is unknown. Genetic studies are one approach to identify the molecules and pathways involved in disease pathogenesis.
Mitsuko, Takamoto, Makoto, Araie
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Optineurin in primary open angle glaucoma

Ophthalmology Clinics of North America, 2003
The authors' initial estimate indicated that mutations in Optineurin are responsible for a significant proportion of LPG/POAG families. Currently, there are up to 1.2 million persons with LPG and up to 2.47 million persons with POAG in the United States alone.
Mansoor, Sarfarazi, Tayebeh, Rezaie
openaire   +2 more sources

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