glaucome

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name

Glaucoma

Medical condition (new).image

Acute angle closure glaucoma.JPG

Medical condition (new).caption

Acute angle-closure glaucoma of a person's right eye (shown at left). Note the mid-sized pupil, which is non-reactive to light, and redness of the white of the eye.

Medical condition (new).field

Ophthalmology, optometry

Medical condition (new).onset

Gradual, or sudden

Medical condition (new).risks

Increased pressure in the eye, family history, high blood pressure

Medical condition (new).diagnosis

Dilated eye examination

Medical condition (new).differential

Uveitis, trauma, keratitis, conjunctivitis

Medical condition (new).treatment

Medication, laser, surgery

Medical condition (new).frequency

6–67 million

via Wikipedia infobox

• Childhood Glaucoma.ReviewOphthalmology. Glaucoma · 2025Brandt JD, Blieden LS, Grajewski ALDOI: 10.1016/j.ogla.2025.06.011
• Risk factors for open-angle glaucoma and recommendations for glaucoma screening.ReviewDer Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2021Schuster AK, Wagner FM, Pfeiffer N et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00347-021-01378-5
• [Primary Open Angle Glaucoma].ReviewKlinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 2023Keye P, Lübke JDOI: 10.1055/a-2129-1126
• Secondary Glaucoma in the Context of Retinal Disease.ReviewKlinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 2022Greslechner R, Helbig HDOI: 10.1055/a-1797-5188
• Role of epigenetic regulation in glaucoma.ReviewBiomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2023Feng L, Wang C, Zhang C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.115633
• Knowledge about glaucoma among adults in Africa: a systematic review.BMC ophthalmology · 2024Yimam W, Anbesaw T, Seid M et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12886-024-03333-9
• Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Devices in Childhood Glaucoma.ReviewSeminars in ophthalmology · 2020Elhusseiny AM, VanderVeen DKDOI: 10.1080/08820538.2020.1781906
• [Cofactorial glaucoma--causes].ReviewKlinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 1989Scullica LDOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1046357

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