Ugonma Okpechi-Agbo

The Pathogenesis of Index Myopia in Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Review

Benedict C. Umezurike, Okechukwu Udeala, Uzoamaka G. Green, Ugonma Okpechi-Agbo & Maureen U. Ohaeri · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2018

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/OR/2018/42436

Primary Open Angle Glaucoma: The Pathophysiolgy, Mechanisms, Future Diagnostic and Therapeutic Directions

Benedict C. Umezurike, Moses Obeimen Akhimien, Okechukwu Udeala, Uzoamaka G. Green, Ugonma Okpechi-Agbo & Maureen U. Ohaeri · Ophthalmology Research: An International Journal · 2019

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/or/2019/v10i330106