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Eye Diseases > Ocular Hypertension > Glaucoma > Glaucoma, Open-Angle

Preferred term

Glaucoma, Open-Angle  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Compensated Glaucoma
  • Compensative Glaucoma
  • Glaucoma, Compensated
  • Glaucoma, Compensative
  • Glaucoma, Open Angle
  • Glaucoma, Pigmentary
  • Glaucoma, Simple
  • Glaucoma Simplex
  • Open Angle Glaucoma
  • Open-Angle Glaucoma
  • Open Angle Glaucomas
  • Pigmentary Glaucoma
  • Simple Glaucoma
  • Simplex, Glaucoma
  • Simplices, Glaucoma

Note

  • do not confuse with GLAUCOMA, CLOSED-ANGLE see GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE

Scope note

  • Glaucoma in which the angle of the anterior chamber is open and the trabecular meshwork does not encroach on the base of the iris.

History note

  • 1982

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005902

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