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TUNEL-Positive Ganglion Cells in Human Primary Open-angle Glaucoma
1 Aug 1997
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether retinal ganglion cell death in primary open-angle glaucoma occurs by apoptosis. METHODS: Eighteen eyes of 17 subjects with documented primary open-angle glaucoma were compared with 21 control eyes that were group matched for age, race, and sex. Staging of glaucoma severity was performed by histologic optic nerve evaluation. Fixed, paraffin-embedded retinal sections were assayed by...
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