Ocular blood flow in glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration: Evidence-based clinical applications

From: Ophthalmology Times | Date: June 15, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

The management of chronic and blinding conditions such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is often frustrating. The etiologies of these conditions are poorly understood, precluding evidence-based preventive strategies. Additionally, the pathophysiology for each of these conditions is also generally unknown, so that treatment aimed at the underlying disease process is not readily available. Glaucoma illustrates these limitations: the disease process occurs at the level of the optic nerve, but all available therapies act on aqueous dynamics in the front of the ...

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