FAMILIAL GLAUCOMA
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Familial Glaucoma.
FAMILIAL primary glaucoma is a recognized entity. It has been reported in the literature quite regularly, though not frequently. Benedict (1842) was the first to recognize the familial inheritance of glaucoma, and other authors followed with large collections of such cases. Something like 18 per cent. of the total cases of glaucoma show an hereditary component (Havener, 1955). Duke-Elder (1940)...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1961
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.45.11.754