What is it about?
To find if there is any association between Alz disease and chronic open-angle glaucoma. The correlation is negative,
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Why is it important?
Alz disease and open-angle glaucoma are degenerative diseases. If there was any correlation it could be claimed that could be the possibility one treatment to benefit both diseases.
Perspectives
It was a challenge for me to collaborate with colleagues from ophthalmology department and a discipline close related to the brain. It was also interesting to find if the neurodegeneration of the brain in the process of Alz 's disease could affect the visual pathway.
Professor Sygkliti (Sigliti)-Henrietta (Errieta) Pelidou
University Hospital of Ioannina
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This page is a summary of: Systematic review of the association between Alzheimer’s disease and chronic glaucoma, Clinical Ophthalmology, October 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.2147/opth.s69534.
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