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To identify TIGR gene mutation in two Korean pedigrees of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and in 25 steroid-induced glaucoma patients, TIGR gene assay was performed. Genomic DNA was extracted from...
PURPOSE: To investigate the causes and characteristics of glaucoma in children following cataract surgery.
METHODS: Twenty-four patients (37 eyes) with uncomplicated congenital cataracts who developed glaucoma after cataract surgery...
The Sturge-Weber syndrome consists of a unilateral port-wine hemangioma of the skin along the trigeminal distribution and is accompanied by an ipsilateral leptomeningeal angioma. Glaucoma is present in approximately half...
PURPOSE: To determine the clinical utility of using photopic negative response (PhNR) by comparing the parameters for normal, primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS: Electroretinography (UTAS...
PURPOSE: To examine the prevalence of visual field deterioration in contralateral eyes of patients with worsening open-angle glaucoma and to evaluate the spatial concordance of visual field deterioration between both...
PURPOSE: To investigate the relationship between blood pressure (BP) parameters in the habitual position and glaucomatous damage at initial presentation in patients with untreated normal tension glaucoma (NTG).
METHODS: Fifty-four...