normal tension glaucoma

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Noun1.normal tension glaucoma - glaucoma that results from damage to the optic nerve although the intraocular pressure is normal
glaucoma - an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness); "contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure"
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LOXL1 variants in elderly Japanese with exfoliation syndrome/glaucoma, primary open-angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, and cataract.
Three Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of LOXL1 in a Turkish Population with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome and Pseudoexfoliation Glaucoma
Enomoto et al., "Association between optic nerve head microcirculation and macular ganglion cell complex thickness in eyes with untreated normal tension glaucoma and a hemifield defect," Journal of Ophthalmology, vol.
Factors Related to a Right-Left Difference in Visual Field Defect in the Eyes with Untreated Normal Tension Glaucoma
Yoo et al found in their study that 75% had optic disc hemorrhages in Normal tension glaucoma patients, which is considered to be a variant of Primary open angle glaucoma.
Spectrum of optic disc changes in primary open angle glaucoma
Effect of Ginkgo biloba extract on visual field progression in normal tension glaucoma. J Glaucoma.
New hope and cure for glaucoma treatment
IOP lowering treatment is excellent in patients with angle-closure glaucoma [2], good in primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) [4], and modest in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) [5].
The role of magnesium in the pathogenesis and treatment of glaucoma
Elevated plasma hsCRP levels have been reported in patients with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and normal tension glaucoma a while ago.
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor alpha in pseudoexfoliation syndrome
The present study is an extension of previous cross-sectional studies on fluorescein angiography in normal tension glaucoma [10-12].
Arteriovenous passage times and visual field progression in normal tension glaucoma
Critical reevaluation of previously diagnosed normal tension glaucoma patient- A three year study.
COMPARISON BETWEEN LOSS VARIANCE OF TENDENCY-ORIENTED PERIMETRY AND NORMAL STRATEGY PERIMETRY USING OCTOPUS 32 PROGRAM
"What is normal tension glaucoma?" The Glaucoma Research Foundation.
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Association of microsatellite polymorphisms of the GPDS1 locus with normal tension glaucoma in the Japanese population.
Glaucoma primario cronico para el medico de atencion primaria
Regarding normal tension glaucoma (NTG), 32.4% answered that they know of the disease and most of them have obtained information on NTG through newspaper articles or TV programs.
Pfizer Japan Conducts Online Eye Health Survey of Japanese People Age Over 40
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