Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, a bundle of nerve fibers that sends visual messages to the brain, leading to vision loss or blindness. Glaucoma usually happens ...
There are widely variable glaucoma phenotypes depending on the specific mutation in myocilin. Myocilin is expressed in multiple tissues throughout the eye and in many other organs. In the ...
Molecular genetic studies conducted during the last several years have thrown some light on the basic molecular defects in primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) and the rationale behind the clinical ...
University of California, San Diego-led research suggests that long-term variability in blood pressure is associated with accelerated worsening of peripheral vision due to the progression of glaucoma.