Glaucoma is among the leading cause of permanent vision loss in most regions of the world. Damage to the optic nerve fibers resulting from glaucoma causes optic nerve cupping, which results in loss of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WAILEA, Hawaii — Clinicians should look more closely at the optic nerve to diagnose cases of severe glaucoma, ...

Increased intraocular pressure (lOP) is recognised as the principal risk factor for the development of glaucomatous cupping of the optic disc. The hypothesis that it disrupts the function of retinal ...

Researchers used gene therapy to regenerate damaged axons in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. In ...

Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibres in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness ...

Ophthalmology trainees and comprehensive ophthalmologists who participated in an Internet-based multinational study to assess optic discs were about twice as likely to underestimate as to overestimate ...

Researchers in Australia are claiming an important breakthrough in glaucoma research, demonstrating how the degenerative condition can be treated using an innovative form of gene therapy. The ...

A 10-year-old boy was referred to Tufts New England Eye Center for a glaucoma suspect evaluation after a routine eye exam. The patient was born full-term with no complications during pregnancy or ...

What's behind the progressive lens dislocation that has affected this 32-year-old woman for the past 16 years? The patient, who was African American, presented with significant vision loss in her left ...

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES AND CAUSES OF PEDIATRIC GLAUCOMA? One way to classify glaucoma is based on the age of onset. Congenital glaucoma is present at birth. Infantile glaucoma develops between ...