Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a multifactorial chronic optic neuropathy with significant genetic heterogeneity. The pathogenesis of POAG involves an imbalance between the production and drainage of aqueous humor (AH). Genetic theories suggest that transgenic mice demonstr...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2024/v19i6440
The “multifactorial chronic optic neuropathy” known as primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is typified by a “progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), structural damage to the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and optic nerve head (ONH), as well as abnormalities in the visu...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2024/v19i5435
Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a multifactorial chronic optic neuropathy, characterized by progressive loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGC), leading to structural damage to the optic nerve head (ONH), retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), with visual field defects. It is occa...
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Research Article10.9734/or/2019/v10i330106
Elevated blood glucose or hyperglycemia occasioned by Diabetes Mellitus (DM), compromises the index of refraction of the crystalline lens, due to the osmotic difference between the lens materials and the aqueous medium of the anterior chamber of the eye. Under this circumstance t...