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Research from Johns Hopkins University in the area of glaucoma published

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 3rd, 2008

In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To compare the optic disc and visual field (VF) alterations in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG). Observational case series."

"A total of 146 persons (217 eyes), 110 with POAG and 36 with PACG, recruited from a university glaucoma service. Each subject underwent visual acuity measurement, applanation tonometry, gonioscopy, slit-lamp examination, dilated optic disc and retinal examination, axial eye length measurement, central corneal pachymetry, automated perimetry, optical coherence tomography (OCT) nerve fiber layer (NFL) examination, and...

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