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Primary congenital and developmental glaucomas.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Aug 2017
Lewis Carly J, Hedberg-Buenz Adam, DeLuca Adam P, Stone Edwin M, Alward Wallace L M, Fingert John H
Abstract excerpt
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Although most glaucoma patients are elderly, congenital glaucoma and glaucomas of childhood are also important causes of visual disability. Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is isolated, non-syndromic glaucoma that occurs in the first three years of life and is a major cause of childhood blindness. Other early-onset glaucomas may arise secondary...
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