The global extent of undetected glaucoma in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Soh, M Yu, BK Betzler, S Majithia, S Thakur… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Topic Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness, despite having good
prognosis with early treatment. We evaluated the global extent of undetected glaucoma and …

Update on the genetics of primary open-angle glaucoma

H Youngblood, MA Hauser, Y Liu - Experimental eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
Affecting nearly 80 million individuals, glaucoma is the number one cause of irreversible
blindness in the world. This ocular disease describes a set of optic neuropathies of which …

Real-time imaging of single neuronal cell apoptosis in patients with glaucoma

MF Cordeiro, EM Normando, MJ Cardoso… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract See Herms and Schön (doi: 10.1093/brain/awx100) for a scientific commentary on
this article. Retinal cell apoptosis occurs in many ocular neurodegenerative conditions …

A review on the use of telemedicine in glaucoma and possible roles in COVID-19 outbreak

PY Lam, SC Chow, JSM Lai, BNK Choy - Survey of ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
We review the use of telemedicine in glaucoma and its possible roles in the COVID-19
outbreak. We performed a literature search of published human studies on teleglaucoma on …

A Population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in Nigeria: results from the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

F Kyari, G Entekume, M Rabiu, P Spry, R Wormald… - BMC …, 2015 - Springer
Background Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. There tends
to be a lower reporting of glaucoma in Africa compared to other blinding conditions in global …

Clinical implications of recent advances in primary open-angle glaucoma genetics

H Choquet, JL Wiggs, AP Khawaja - Eye, 2020 - nature.com
Over the last decade, genetic studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS),
have accelerated the discovery of genes and genomic regions contributing to primary open …

Primary open angle glaucoma in northern Nigeria: stage at presentation and acceptance of treatment

MM Abdull, CC Gilbert, J Evans - BMC ophthalmology, 2015 - Springer
Background To determine the stage of primary open angle glaucoma at presentation at a
tertiary eye unit, to assess patient's knowledge of glaucoma and acceptance and …

Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults: a cross sectional study in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

DS Alemu, AD Gudeta, KL Gebreselassie - BMC ophthalmology, 2017 - Springer
Background Raising public awareness and knowledge about glaucoma is a key for early
case identification and prevention of blindness. However, awareness and knowledge about …

A multiethnic genome-wide analysis of 44,039 individuals identifies 41 new loci associated with central corneal thickness

H Choquet, RB Melles, J Yin, TJ Hoffmann… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Central corneal thickness (CCT) is one of the most heritable human traits, with broad-sense
heritability estimates ranging between 0.68 to 0.95. Despite the high heritability and …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of known genetic risk factors for primary open angle glaucoma in two populations of African ancestry

Y Liu, MA Hauser, SK Akafo, X Qin… - … & visual science, 2013 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: Multiple genes have been associated with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG)
in Caucasian populations. We now examine the association of these loci in populations of …