4. Are angle closure (AC) and angle-closure glaucoma (ACG) important health problems?
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9. + T. Chakravarti, G.L. Spaeth. PACG in myopic eyes 1,9% Grade 1: AC depth is less than 1/4 of corneal thickness Grade 2: AC is 1/4 of corneal Grade 3: AC is 1/4-1/2 Grade 4: AC is ≥ corneal…
16. Gonioscopy should be performed using the minimal possible levels of illumination in order to reliably detect angle closure
17. The quality of life of glaucoma patients is affected by functional visual loss, inconvenience and side effects of medication, cost of treatment and the fear of blindness from the disease. drug side effects Побочные эффекты the frequency of drop instillation , Частота инстиляций the lack of under- standing of the disease. Непонимание болезни cost of medication стоимость COMPLIANCE : Приверженность
23. There are treatment strategies available for exfoliation syndrome. Dr. Ritch recommended reducing pupillary movements (and therefore pigment dispersion) with pilocarpine 2% at bedtime, and using prostaglandin agents to open the uveo-scleral outflow pathway (to compensate for the damaged trabecular outflow). For the futu re, his recommendations for research included. Both from Program and abstracts of the American Glaucoma Society 2008 Annual Meeting;
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27. Review of alpha-2 agonists Manuel Vidal Sanz Universidad de Murcia Spain Review of NMDA antagonists Neville Osborne, Oxford University