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New glaucoma study findings reported from University of La Laguna, Department of Ophthalmology

Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, March 1st, 2007

Fresh data on glaucoma are presented in the report "Optic disc tomography and perimetry in controls, glaucoma suspects, and early and established glaucomas." In this recent study, researchers in Spain conducted a study "To analyze the priority of morphological and functional defects in glaucoma. Nine-hundred seventy-three eyes of 973 subjects were examined with Heidelberg retinal tomograph (HRT II) and Octopus 311 perimeter (TOP strategy)."

"These included 72 controls (C), 659 early and suspect open angle glaucoma (ESG) with perimetric mean defect (MD) lower than 6 dB, and 242 confirmed moderate and advanced glaucomas (AG) with perimetric MD >or=6 dB. I. (Control...

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