Underdiagnosis of risk of glaucoma in patients with retinal vein occlusions

Donel S Kelly^#^{1

2}, Tej Ganti^#^{1

2}, David J Ramsey^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 1 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
³ Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 1 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960, USA. David.J.Ramsey@lahey.org.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. David.J.Ramsey@lahey.org.

^# Contributed equally.

Donel S Kelly et al. Eye (Lond). 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;36(12):2350-2352.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-022-02063-w. Epub 2022 Apr 15.

Donel S Kelly^#^{1

2}, Tej Ganti^#^{1

2}, David J Ramsey^{3

4}

¹ Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 1 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960, USA.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA.
³ Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 1 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA, 01960, USA. David.J.Ramsey@lahey.org.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02111, USA. David.J.Ramsey@lahey.org.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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