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Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs and Incident Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Population-Based Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that may lead to blindness. An elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is its major risk factor. OAG treatment is currently exclusively directed towards the lowering of the IOP. IOP lowering does not prevent disease progres...

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Autores principales: Marcus, Michael W., Müskens, Rogier P. H. M., Ramdas, Wishal D., Wolfs, Roger C. W., De Jong, Paulus T. V. M., Vingerling, Johannes R., Hofman, Albert, Stricker, Bruno H., Jansonius, Nomdo M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22238644
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029724