Why Do People (Still) Go Blind from Glaucoma?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

Remo Susanna Jr et al. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2015.

. 2015 Mar 9;4(2):1.

doi: 10.1167/tvst.4.2.1. eCollection 2015 Mar.

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: adherence; blindness; glaucoma; intraocular pressure; visual fields.

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