Alerting close relatives of patients with glaucoma.
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Tonographic survey of the close relatives of patients with chronic simple glaucoma.
THAT glaucoma simplex may affect more than one member of a family is well known, but this would usually appear to occur in a sporadic fashion and have no hereditary significance. When true hereditary glaucoma occurs it is found in many members of the same family and is frequently traced over three or four generations. These families are, however, rare and have been well documented (Francois, 19...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.289.6448.800