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Abstract
A form of glaucoma in which chronic optic nerve damage and loss of vision normally attributable to buildup of intraocular pressure occurs despite prevailing conditions of normal intraocular pressure.
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5 entry terms
- Normal Tension Glaucoma
- Glaucoma, Low Tension
- Glaucoma, Normal Tension
- Low Tension Glaucomas
- Normal Tension Glaucomas
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- scattered (1976-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Low Tension Glaucoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057066. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057066
- Low Tension Glaucoma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_tension_glaucoma
- Low Tension Glaucoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17300307