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Genetic pre-screening for glaucoma in population-based epidemiology: protocol for a double-blind prospective screening study within Lifelines (EyeLife)

BACKGROUND: Early detection of glaucoma is paramount to maintain patients’ eyesight, however glaucomatous vision loss tends to begin in the periphery with up to 50% of patients unaware they are affected. Because glaucomatous vision loss is permanent, screening appears attractive, but currently is no...

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Autores principales: Neustaeter, Anna, Nolte, Ilja, Snieder, Harold, Jansonius, Nomdo M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7789075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33413217
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-020-01771-9