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Abstract
Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.
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21 entry terms
- Glaucoma Simplex
- Glaucoma, Compensated
- Glaucoma, Compensative
- Glaucoma, Open Angle
- Glaucoma, Open-Angle
- Glaucoma, Pigmentary
- Glaucoma, Simple
- Compensated Glaucoma
- Compensative Glaucoma
- Open Angle Glaucoma
- Open Angle Glaucomas
- Open-Angle Glaucomas
- Pigmentary Glaucoma
- Simple Glaucoma
- Simplex, Glaucoma
- Simplices, Glaucoma
- Chronic Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
- Glaucoma, Primary Open Angle
- Glaucoma, Secondary Open Angle
- Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
- Secondary Open Angle Glaucoma
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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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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with GLAUCOMA, CLOSED-ANGLE see GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE
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History Note
1982
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- Glaucoma (1966-1981)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Open-Angle Glaucoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005902. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005902
- Open-Angle Glaucoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108586