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Primary Open-angle Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure, and Systemic Blood Pressure in the General Elderly Population: The Rotterdam Study
I. Dielemans,Johannes R. Vingerling,D. Algra,Albert Hofman,Diederick E. Grobbee,Paulus T. V. M. de Jong +5 more
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Systemic blood pressure and hypertension are associated with IOP and high-tension glaucoma, and no association was found between blood pressure or hypertension and normal-Tension glAUcoma.About:
This article is published in Ophthalmology.The article was published on 1995-01-01. It has received 350 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intraocular pressure & Open angle glaucoma.read more
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Ocular Diseases and Hypertension
Min Jin Oh,Soo Young Lee +1 more
TL;DR: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Caractérisation du profil biométrique oculaire d’une population myope fort : la myopie forte correspond-elle à un phénotype homogène ?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse les caracteristiques biometriques of 718 myopie forte de myopes with 718 dioptries and a refractive superieure a 5 dioptrie.
twin study Heritability of intraocular pressure: a classical
TL;DR: The heritability of intraocular pressure: a classical service is studied in two twins and shows clear patterns of inheritance in the absence of any explicit signaling pathways.
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Blood pressure and glaucoma.
TL;DR: This chapter discusses infant vision screening programmes: prediction and prevention of strabismus and amblyopia from photoand videorefractive screening, and the evolution of refraction in the fixing and the amblyopic eye.
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The Beaver Dam Eye Study. Retinopathy in adults with newly discovered and previously diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
TL;DR: The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was examined in people with newly discovered noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) (n = 50) and in those with previously diagnosed diabetes.
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Determinants of disease and disability in the elderly: the Rotterdam Elderly Study.
TL;DR: The Rotterdam Elderly Study as discussed by the authors investigated determinants of disease occurrence and progression in the elderly in order to contribute to the understanding of the etiology of geriatric illnesses and to lead to specific recommendations for intervention.
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The 1988 Report of the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure
Aram V. Chobanian,Michael H. Alderman,Vincent DeQuattro,Edward D. Frohlich,Ray W. Gifford,Martha N. Hill,Norman M Kaplan,Herbert G. Langford,Michael A. Moore,William A. Nickey,Jerome G. Porush,Gerald E. Thomson,Mary Winston,Harriet P. Dustan,Iqbal Krishan,Marvin Moser,Jeffrey A. Cutler,Michael J. Horan,Gerald H. Payne,Edward J. Roccella,Stephen M. Weiss +20 more
TL;DR: This report updates findings of previous reports in several respects: it broadens the step-care approach to provide more flexibility for clinicians; encourages greater patient involvement in the treatment program; emphasizes a consideration of the quality of life in the management of patients; and addresses the cost of care.
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Prevalence of glaucoma. The Beaver Dam Eye Study.
Barbara E.K. Klein,Ronald Klein,William E. Sponsel,Todd Franke,Louis B. Cantor,James F. Martone,Mitchell J. Menage +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of open-angle glaucoma in Beaver Dam is similar to that in other white populations, and findings from this study re-emphasize the notion that estimates of glauca prevalence should be based on assessing multiple risk indicators.