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Primary open‐angle glaucoma: the importance of family history and role of intraocular pressure
Author(s) -
Zegers Richard H C,
Reinders Erik F,
Smet Marc D
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01630.x
Subject(s) - ophthalmology , glaucoma , intraocular pressure , medicine , library science , computer science
he two cases we present here are good examples of how the diagnosis of glaucoma is often missed because of lack of history-taking and/or insufficient clinical examination. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide; nevertheless, knowledge of this disease is poor among the general population as well as among health professionals. Primary openangle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic and progressive optic neuropathy that causes visual field loss, eventually leading to complete Clinical records