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. 2019 Jan 24:16:E10.
doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180534.

Low-Tension Glaucoma: An Oxymoron in Ophthalmology

Ciro Costagliola  1 , Luca Agnifili  2   3 , Leonardo Mastropasqua  2 , Alfonso di Costanzo  1
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Low-Tension Glaucoma: An Oxymoron in Ophthalmology

Ciro Costagliola et al. Prev Chronic Dis. .
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Proposed flowchart of optic neuropathy, with specialist referral, according to the nychthemeral IOP characteristics. Abbreviations: CCT, central corneal thickness; IOP, intraocular pressure; POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma.
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