Primary congenital glaucoma
<p>Non-Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy versus Trabeculectomy in Primary Congenital Glaucoma</p>
... The treatment of primary congenital glaucoma is essen- tially a surgical procedure. The role of topical antiglaucoma medications is only temporary before the preparation for the surgical procedure. ...
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A Pilot Study on Human CYP1B1 Gene Mutations in Three Cases with Primary Congenital Glaucoma in Calabar: Benefits for Disease Management
... Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is one of the commonest causes of paediatric blindness and it has varying prevalence in Nigeria ...[1,2]. Glaucoma in infancy and childhood cases are ...
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Angiopoietin receptor TEK mutations underlie primary congenital glaucoma with variable expressivity
... The molecular etiology of PCG is only partially understood, as only a few genes responsible for PCG have been identified (6, 10–14). Mutations in CYP1B1, which encodes a cytochrome P450 enzyme, is the most common cause ...
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Decompression retinopathy following nonpenetrating deep sclerectomy for primary congenital glaucoma
... in congenital glaucoma and is considered theoretically safer than trabeculectomy ...with primary congenital glaucoma who developed pre-macular subhyaloid hemorrhage after ...
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Outcomes of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation in advanced primary congenital glaucoma with previous surgical failure
... Patients and methods: Consecutive patients with advanced primary congenital glaucoma that failed previous operations and had undergone subsequent AGV implantation were evaluated retrospectively. ...
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A rare case of primary congenital glaucoma in combination with neurofibromatosis 1: a case report
... dysplasia. Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a sight-threatening disease that can manifest as a prodrome of NF1, especially in newborn ...of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) ...
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Detection and characterisation of optic nerve and retinal changes in primary congenital glaucoma using hand-held optical coherence tomography
... with primary congenital glaucoma in the left eye (PCG, middle column), an unaffected left eye (left column) and an eye of a healthy age-matched, gender-matched and ethnicity- matched control child ...
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RESEARCH ARTICLE Clinical variability of CYP1B1 gene variants in Pakistani primary congenital glaucoma families
... Methods: The cross-sectional study was performed at the Department of Biotechnology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, and the School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, from ...
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Ultrasound biomicroscopy as a diagnostic tool in infants with primary congenital glaucoma
... Pediatric glaucoma includes a wide variety of conditions which result in elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) and optic nerve ...ophthalmologist. Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG), the most ...
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Evaluation of preoperative speed of progression and its association with surgical outcomes in primary congenital glaucoma patients: a retrospective study
... Despite the low incidence, primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is the most common glaucoma in newborns and infants. Approximately 18% of children in institutions for the blind have this disease ...
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Epidemiology and characteristics of childhood glaucoma: results from the Dallas Glaucoma Registry
... childhood glaucoma patients, of whom 19% had primary congenital glaucoma, 4% had primary juvenile glaucoma, 45% had secondary glaucoma, and 31% were glaucoma ...
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Review of Current Literature on Congenital Glaucoma: A Focus on Surgical Management
... Congenital glaucoma refers to a polygenic ...of glaucoma is hereditary and JOAG genes as well as congenital glaucoma have been mapped, genetic tests can be carried out for determining ...
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Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome Associated with Congenital Glaucoma and Cytochrome P4501B1 Gene Mutations
... Mutations of CYP1B1 are a major cause of primary congenital glaucoma in various studies from di ff erent popu- lations [15, 24–29]. CYP1B1 is a member of the cytochrome P450 super family of drug ...
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Clinical features and outcome of corneal opacity associated with congenital glaucoma
... of glaucoma and concurrent glaucoma operation during PK are risk factors for poor graft survival in a pediatric population [19, ...with glaucoma valve implantation in 4 eyes, 3 of which had graft ...
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Prevalence of Glaucoma among Family Members of Glaucoma Patients
... of glaucoma (POAG) Results: 100 Family members (first degree relatives) of diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma were screened for the presence of ...of glaucoma in first degree relatives was ...
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Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in the aqueous humour of patients with primary angle closure glaucoma - a quantitative study
... MMPs are irreversibly inhibited in a 1:1 molar ratio by their specific endogenous tissue inhibitors of metallopro- teinases (TIMPs) and both are normally present in bal- anced amounts [2,7-10]. The authors then suggest ...
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IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM AND BILATERAL CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA IN THE NEONATAL PERIOD
... During this period the infant was eating well, acting alert, gaining weight and showing no untoward symptoms despite consistently bow concentrations of calcium and elevated concentration[r] ...
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Relationship between visual field progression and baseline refraction in primary open-angle glaucoma
... Follow-up duration (years) 7.6±2.0 (4.5 to 16.5) Notes: Data are n (%) or mean ± SD (range); NTG was defined as baseline iOP # 21 mmHg; POAG was defined as baseline IOP . 21 mmhg; Baseline iOP was determined by averaging ...
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The Interface Between Psychiatry and Ophthalmology
... of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) in depression patients with long-term use of selective serotonin reuptake ...angle-closed glaucoma ...
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The Outcome of Trabeculectomy for Primary Glaucoma in Adult Patients in UKM
... The Outcome of Trabeculectomy for Primary Glaucoma in Adult Patients in UKM ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Outcome of Trabeculectomy for Primary Glaucoma in Adult Patients in UKM F M Sharif, MS (Ophth)*, S Selv[.] ...
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