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Fluctuating eye pressure associated with visual field deterioration in glaucoma patients

08-13-2007 · EurekAlert!

Fluctuations in eye pressure may be associated with a decreasing peripheral field of vision in patients with glaucoma, even if their eye pressure remains low overall, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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