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Glaucoma
About Glaucoma
The leading cause of irreversible blindness, silently erasing peripheral vision. Named by the Greeks for a pale grey gleam of the eye. Eye drops and laser treatment halt progression in most patients. Half of cases go undiagnosed.
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