Blindness

Glaucoma diagnosis may be mistaken in some younger Chinese people

Published in Biotech Business Week, April 2nd, 2007

Many young and middle-aged people of Chinese ancestry told they are at risk of going blind from glaucoma may be getting incorrect information, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

After following a cluster of 16 such patients for seven years and observing more than 100 others, the researchers have concluded that there's a new syndrome occurring in the Chinese population, and it may be less likely to lead to severe vision loss or blindness than typical glaucoma. Their results are published in the March issue of Ophthalmology.

Glaucoma is a condition that occurs from accumulating damage to cells whose fibers make up the optic...

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