Increased prevalence of ocular glaucomatous abnormalities in systemic sclerosis
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Increased prevalence of ocular glaucomatous abnormalities in systemic sclerosis.
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases, vasospasm, and dysimmunity have been implicated in normal tension glaucoma (NTG). OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of ocular abnormalities suggestive of glaucoma damage in systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS 61 patients with SSc (mean (SD) age 56.2 (12) years, mean (SD) disease duration 9.9 (9) years; 41 with limited cutaneous disease) and 37 control...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.013540