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Are You at Risk for Glaucoma?

Internet URL

http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/glaucoma/glaucoma_risk.asp

Sponsoring Agency

National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Description

Glaucoma is an eye disease in which the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises, leading to vision loss - or even blindness.This brochure is about open-angle glaucoma, the most common form of the disease.

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Review Date

11/10/2003

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