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SUBMITTER: Vajaranant TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3376696 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vajaranant Thasarat S TS Pasquale Louis R LR
Menopause (New York, N.Y.) 20120801 8
The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive review on hormone-based pathophysiology of aging of the optic nerve and glaucoma, including a literature review and expert opinions. Glaucoma, a group of intraocular pressure-related optic neuropathies, is characterized by the slow progressive neurodegeneration of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, resulting in irreversible visual sensitivity loss and blindness. Increasing evidence suggests that glaucoma represents the accelerated aging o ...[more]