Risk Assessment for Glaucoma
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چکیده
Glaucoma is undergoing a paradigm shift and transitioning from merely disease staging to evidence-based risk assessment of in the individual patient.Initially introduced for ocular hypertensive patients, risk assessment calculators are now being developed for patients with established glaucoma.
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