The pathophysiology and treatment of glaucoma: a review

RN Weinreb, T Aung, FA Medeiros - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Glaucoma is a worldwide leading cause of irreversible vision loss. Because it
may be asymptomatic until a relatively late stage, diagnosis is frequently delayed. A general …

Primary open-angle glaucoma

RN Weinreb, CKS Leung, JG Crowston… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Glaucoma is an optic neuropathy that is characterized by the progressive degeneration of
the optic nerve, leading to visual impairment. Glaucoma is the main cause of irreversible …

Primary open-angle glaucoma preferred practice pattern®

SJ Gedde, K Vinod, MM Wright, KW Muir, JT Lind… - Ophthalmology, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic, progressive ocular disease
causing loss of the optic nerve rim and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) with associated …

[PDF][PDF] Primary open-angle glaucoma preferred practice pattern® guidelines

BE Prum, LF Rosenberg, SJ Gedde, SL Mansberger… - …, 2016 - academia.edu
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a chronic, progressive optic neuropathy in adults
in which there is a characteristic acquired atrophy of the optic nerve and loss of retinal …

Genome-wide analyses identify 68 new loci associated with intraocular pressure and improve risk prediction for primary open-angle glaucoma

AP Khawaja, JN Cooke Bailey, NJ Wareham… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness globally. Despite its gravity, the
disease is frequently undiagnosed in the community. Raised intraocular pressure (IOP) is …

Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2, ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

JNC Bailey, SJ Loomis, JH Kang, RR Allingham… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. To
identify new susceptibility loci, we performed meta-analysis on genome-wide association …

Genome-wide association analyses identify multiple loci associated with central corneal thickness and keratoconus

Y Lu, V Vitart, KP Burdon, CC Khor, Y Bykhovskaya… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Central corneal thickness (CCT) is associated with eye conditions including keratoconus
and glaucoma. We performed a meta-analysis on> 20,000 individuals in European and …

Genetic variants underlying risk of endometriosis: insights from meta-analysis of eight genome-wide association and replication datasets

N Rahmioglu, DR Nyholt, AP Morris… - Human reproduction …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a heritable common gynaecological condition influenced
by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) …

Genetics of glaucoma

JL Wiggs, LR Pasquale - Human molecular genetics, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Genetic and genomic studies, including genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have
accelerated the discovery of genes contributing to glaucoma, the leading cause of …

A multiethnic genome-wide association study of primary open-angle glaucoma identifies novel risk loci

H Choquet, S Paylakhi, SC Kneeland, KK Thai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss, yet
much of the genetic risk remains unaccounted for, especially in African-Americans who have …