American Academy of Ophthalmology
Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, July 19th, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA---The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) incidence and visual field loss in patients with normal-tension glaucoma; the other correlates inflammation biomarkers with corneal transplant rejection in herpes simplex patients.
Silent Cerebral Infarcts: Risk Factor for Visual Field Loss as Well as for Stroke'
Health conditions in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients differ from those in patients with the more common primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)....
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