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Emerging risk factors for glaucoma onset and progression.
Progress in brain research - 1 Jan 2015
Blumberg Dana, Skaat Alon, Liebmann Jeffrey M
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma is a complex, multifactorial neurodegenerative disease process that leads to progressive damage to the optic nerve and irreversible visual impairment. Identification of ocular and systemic risk factors for disease onset and progression is critical for disease detection and surveillance. Although a great deal is known about risk factors for glaucoma, our expanding knowledge of glaucoma genotypes and...
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