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Correlations between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and chronic open angle glaucoma

5 Febbraio 2013

 
 
Salducci M

Authors   [Indice]

Salducci M1

1Department of Sense Organs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy


Citation: Salducci M. Correlazioni cliniche tra sindrome da apnee notturne ed il glaucoma cronico ad angolo aperto. Prevent Res, published on line 05. Feb. 2013, P&R Public. 43. Available from: http://www.preventionandresearch.com/. doi: 10.7362/2240-2594.102.2013


doi: 10.7362/2240-2594.102.2013
 

Abstract   [Indice]

The Authors in this paper, in the population studied equal to of 48 patients and suffering from sleep apnea syndrome, studied   the correlation with changes in self-regulation of blood flow to the optic nerve head and a possible increase in the incidence of glaucoma chronic open-angle glaucoma, which is a major health problem for the social impact of visual impairment in adulthood  and old age.

Key words: Glaucoma, sleep apnea, hypoperfusion of the optic nerve head

Corresponding Author   [Indice]

Mauro Salducci
Department of Sense Organs, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy

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