Screening for prevention of optic nerve damage due to chronic open angle glaucoma
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Screening for prevention of optic nerve damage due to chronic open angle glaucoma.
BACKGROUND Open angle glaucoma (OAG) is a primary, progressive optic neuropathy; the onset is without symptoms and progression occurs silently until the advanced stages of the disease, when it affects central vision. The blindness caused by OAG is irreversible. It has often been assumed to be a condition that fulfils the criteria for population screening, although this has not been supported by...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006129.pub2