Age-related eye disease and gender

M Zetterberg - Maturitas, 2016 - Elsevier
Worldwide, the prevalence of moderate to severe visual impairment and blindness is 285
millions, with 65% of visually impaired and 82% of all blind people being 50 years and older …

[HTML][HTML] Gonadal hormones and retinal disorders: a review

R Nuzzi, S Scalabrin, A Becco, G Panzica - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Aim Gonadal hormones are essential for reproductive function, but can act on neural and
other organ systems, and are probably the cause of the large majority of known sex …

Gender difference in the pathophysiology and treatment of glaucoma

S Tehrani - Current eye research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Glaucoma is the principal cause of irreversible blindness in the world, the second leading
cause of blindness in the United States, and it results in optic nerve head axonal …

[HTML][HTML] Acute closed-angle glaucoma—an ophthalmological emergency

S Nüßle, T Reinhard, J Lübke - Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Acute closed-angle glaucoma has an incidence of 2.2–4.1 cases per 100 000
persons per year in Europe. It is an ophthalmological emergency in which markedly …

[HTML][HTML] Gender difference in ocular diseases, risk factors and management with specific reference to role of sex steroid hormones

NR Korpole, P Kurada, MR Korpole - Journal of Mid-life Health, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Our eyes are windows to the world and to our soul. The approach to them offers an
incredible space for conducting research to learn more about gender differences in ocular …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcomes after acute primary angle closure in a White Caucasian population

W Andreatta, I Elaroud, P Nightingale, M Nessim - BMC ophthalmology, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Very limited data is available on the morbidity and progression to primary angle
closure glaucoma (PACG) in White Caucasian individuals following acute primary angle …

Changes in Caucasian eyes after laser peripheral iridotomy: an anterior segment optical coherence tomography study

GS Ang, AP Wells - Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background: To evaluate by anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS‐OCT) the
changes in the anterior chamber structures in Caucasian eyes after laser peripheral …

The incidence of acute angle closure in Scotland: a prospective surveillance study

PY Chua, AC Day, KL Lai, N Hall, LL Tan… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose To estimate the incidence, and describe the clinical features and short-term clinical
outcomes of acute angle closure (AAC). Methods Patients with newly diagnosed AAC were …

Factors influencing laser peripheral iridotomy outcomes in white eyes: an anterior segment optical coherence tomography study

GS Ang, AP Wells - Journal of glaucoma, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To determine the pre-laser anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-
OCT) features in White eyes which may predict the outcome after laser peripheral iridotomy …

Long‐term outcomes after acute primary angle closure of Caucasian chronic angle closure glaucoma patients

AM Fea, L Dallorto, C Lavia, G Pignata… - Clinical & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Importance There is a lack of information about long‐term results of chronic angle closure
glaucoma following an acute primary angle closure attack in Caucasian patients. Purpose …