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Clinical analysis of normal tension glaucoma.
... 1. DIURNAL VARIATION: The intraocular pressure is subject to cyclic fluctuations throughout the day. The reported mean amplitude of daily fluctuation ranges from approximately 3mm Hg to 6 mm Hg. An amplitude greater than ...
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Efficacy of selective laser trabeculoplasty for normal tension glaucoma: 1 year results
... The pre-study IOP with anti-glaucoma medication and the number of anti-glaucoma medication used were recorded prior to study enrollment. Fixed combination eye drops were counted as two types of anti-glaucoma medication. ...
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Effect of travoprost on 24-hour intraocular pressure in normal tension glaucoma
... as normal tension glaucoma ...Collaborative Normal Tension Glaucoma (CNTG) study group which showed that lowering IOP by 30% from baseline reduces the risk of progres- sion of visual field ...
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Peripapillary retinal artery in first diagnosed and untreated normal tension glaucoma
... number of ganglion cell axons (20 – 40%) are lost [2]. Hence, there is a need for an objective, simple, non- invasive, highly sensitive method to increase the glau- coma detection rate. The vascular theory of glaucoma ...
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The role of corneal hysteresis during the evaluation of patients with possible normal-tension glaucoma
... (IOP). Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) is particularly hard to detect given that the IOP is within normal limits, especially in the Japanese ...
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Effects of treatment with bimatoprost 0.03% for 3 years in patients with normal-tension glaucoma
... with normal-tension glaucoma (25 men and 37 women) who started receiving treatment with single agent bimatoprost ...as normal- tension glaucoma were as follows: 1) IOP 21 mmHg when measured ...
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Association of microsatellite polymorphisms of the GPDS1 locus with normal tension glaucoma in the Japanese population
... Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is usually associated with elevated IOP. The pathogenesis of glaucomatous optic neuropathy is not completely understood, although elevated IOP is a generally accepted major risk factor ...
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Ocular perfusion pressure and ophthalmic artery flow in patients with normal tension glaucoma
... Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is a variant of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). It is characterized by glaucomatous optic disc damage and visual field loss; in- traocular pressure (IOP) of ≤21 mmHg; open ...
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Effects of tafluprost treatment for 3 years in patients with normal-tension glaucoma
... indicating normal-tension glaucoma – and thus, the inclusion criteria for the study – were: an IOP lower than 21 mmHg when measured several times including diurnal variation; thinning of the optic disk ...
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Optic disc size and progression of visual field damage in patients with normal-tension glaucoma
... follow-up. In addition, frequent examinations per year are required for accurate assessment. Thus, both lengthy and frequent follow-ups are necessary to evaluate progressive changes in visual fields accurately. To the ...
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Effects of BAK-free travoprost treatment for 3 years in patients with normal tension glaucoma
... with normal tension glaucoma and prescribed BAK-free travoprost eye drop monotherapy from March 2008 through April ...for normal tension glaucoma were IOP under 21 mmHg measured several times ...
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Effect of five years of treatment with nipradilol eye drops in patients with normal tension glaucoma
... diagnosing normal tension glaucoma were: IOP # 21 mmHg when measured several times to evaluate circadian variation; specific changes for glaucoma in the optic disk and the retinal nerve fiber layer ...
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Ocular hypotensive effects of prostaglandin analogs in Japanese patients with normal-tension glaucoma: a literature review
... Purpose: This paper aimed to evaluate the intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effects of prostaglandin analogs (PGAs) in Japanese patients with normal-tension glaucoma (NTG)[r] ...
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Selective laser trabeculoplasty reduces mean IOP and IOP variation in normal tension glaucoma patients
... Schwartz et al found that ALT reduced mean IOP as well as peak IOP. There was no comment as to the effect on IOP range or IOP standard deviation. This prior study included patients with previous intraocular pressures ...
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Incidence of and risk factors for glaucoma in lost-to-follow-up normal-tension glaucoma suspect patients
... in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) suspect ...with normal tension, NTG suspect was defined as one with 21 mmHg or less IOP and with glau- comatous optic disc findings on the normal visual ...
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The current research status of normal tension glaucoma
... Abstract: Normal tension glaucoma (NTG) is a progressive optic neuropathy that mimics primary open-angle glaucoma, but lacks the findings of elevated intraocular pressure or other mitigating factors that ...
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The clinical effectiveness of tafluprost on Japanese normal-tension glaucoma patients
... Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) is characterized by visual field loss, secondary to irreversible and progressive optic nerve damage, even though the intraocular pressure (IOP) values remain within the ...
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Optic disc topography of normal tension glaucoma patients in Malaysia
... There are limited data in the literature on the optic disc topography in normal tension glaucoma (NTG) patients in Asian countries, especially in Southeast Asia. This study is aimed at comparing optic disc ...
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Evaluation of peripapillary choroidal thickness in patients with normal-tension glaucoma
... Normal-tension glaucoma (NTG) accounts for 92% of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in Japanese patients [1]. This clinical term is often used to describe patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in whom ...
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The potential role of glutamate transporters in the pathogenesis of normal tension glaucoma
... Glaucoma, a progressive optic neuropathy due to retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration, is one of the lead- ing causes of irreversible blindness. Although glaucoma is often associated with elevated intraocular pres- ...
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