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Family history of glaucoma in the primary and secondary open-angle glaucomas.
Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie - 1 Jul 1999
Budde W M, Jonas J B
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BACKGROUND: A study was carried out to evaluate the frequency of a positive family history in the primary and secondary open-angle glaucomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 1176 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma who were differentiated into secondary open-angle glaucoma [pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (n=144) and pigmentary glaucoma (n=61)], and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG; n=971). The POAG...
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