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Exercise significantly decreased intraocular pressure, ocular perfusion amplitude, and axial length


There is currently no good evidence suggesting that long-term IOP variability associated risk is an appropriate surrogate for risk related to short term IOP fluctuation over 24 hours


Review of optic disc photographs for progression by general ophthalmologists is suboptimal. Additional training would likely be helpful


Approximately six visual fields obtained over a period of two to three years are necessary to achieve good performances


Agreement for RNFL progression detection between TD-OCT and SD OCT was poor


Adjustable suture versus laser suture lysis for trabeculectomy


IOPs in right and left eyes are highly correlated, but variable enough to make interpretation of a monocular trial difficult


It is not only the specific features of an individual eye, but also their particular combination that determine an ONH's biomechanical response


Patients diagnosed with sleep apnea should be referred for ophthalmic evaluation


Thin retinal nerve fiber layer with sleep apnea


There is 'difficulty in assessing the importance of long term IOP variability as an independent risk factor for glaucoma progression'


Glaucoma specialists and comprehensive ophthalmologists are able to performassessments of visual field progression at a performance level that is essentiallyequivalent to the extensively developed algorithms


Copy number variations and glaucoma


Surprising results of long-term follow-up with primary congenital glaucoma


Surgical treatment of steroid glaucoma


Placing and manipulating adjustable sutures is more complex than tying and subsequent laser lysis of standard sutures


Exfoliation syndrome is the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide


Growing evidence implicates oxidative stress and inflammation in exfoliation syndrome pathogenesis


HRT is sufficiently sensitive to detect age-dependent ONH changes


The delayed neurodegeneration implies a potential therapeutic window to restore axonal and dendritic structure after optic nerve injury


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