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Textbook of ophthalmology

Stewart Duke-Elder
- 18 Mar 1950 - 
- Vol. 1, Iss: 4866, pp 859-859
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The global impact of eye injuries

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Genetic risk of primary open angle glaucoma. population-based familial aggregation study

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- 01 Dec 1998 - 
TL;DR: Enlarged cup-disc ratio, not intraocular pressure, was the earliest and most prominent feature of familial aggregation and in a general population, relatives of patients with glaucoma have a strongly increased risk of glau coma.
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Extracellular matrix in the trabecular meshwork.

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