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Learn about Glaucoma

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Sponsoring Agency

Glaucoma Research Foundation

Description

Understanding the basics of glaucoma is the first step to protecting your vision. Glaucoma leads to blindness by damaging the optic nerve. Elevated pressure in the eye is a risk factor, but even people with normal pressure can lose vision to glaucoma.

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Review Date

2/26/2008

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