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SUBMITTER: Beidoe G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3484725 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Beidoe Gabriel G Mousa Shaker A SA
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 20121023
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness with no known cure. Management of the disease focuses on lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) with current classes of drugs like prostaglandin analogs, beta-blockers, alpha-agonists, and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors. These treatments have not helped all patients. Some patients continue to experience deterioration in the optic nerve even though their IOPs are within the normal range. New views have surfaced about other pathophysio ...[more]