Recent data from prevalence studies of open angle glaucoma have changed the definition of the disease to include all those with typical disc and field change, regardless of the eye pressure level. The concept and name...Recent data from prevalence studies of open angle glaucoma have changed the definition of the disease to include all those with typical disc and field change, regardless of the eye pressure level. The concept and name(s): Low Tension or Normal Pressure Glaucoma are now considered obsolete. However, eye pressure is an important risk factor and treatment to lower展开更多
Diseases are not simple, and are rarely the result of only one cause. Glaucoma involves death by apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells through events that occur at the optic nerve head and within the retina. Data from e...Diseases are not simple, and are rarely the result of only one cause. Glaucoma involves death by apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells through events that occur at the optic nerve head and within the retina. Data from experimental models show that important neurotrophic molecules fail to arrive at the ganglion cell body展开更多
文摘Recent data from prevalence studies of open angle glaucoma have changed the definition of the disease to include all those with typical disc and field change, regardless of the eye pressure level. The concept and name(s): Low Tension or Normal Pressure Glaucoma are now considered obsolete. However, eye pressure is an important risk factor and treatment to lower
文摘Diseases are not simple, and are rarely the result of only one cause. Glaucoma involves death by apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells through events that occur at the optic nerve head and within the retina. Data from experimental models show that important neurotrophic molecules fail to arrive at the ganglion cell body
