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Genetic susceptibility to primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG).
Discovery medicine - 1 Jan 2013
Shastry Barkur S
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma is a group of heterogeneous optic neuropathy and is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The two most common clinical types of glaucoma include primary open-angle (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). PACG is characterized by the closure of angles between iris and trabecular meshwork (iridocorneal angles) mainly because of anatomic abnormalities. The condition is more...
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