Glaucoma, Juvenile: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

juvenile glaucoma, vision loss, visual deficit, juvenile-onset open-angle glaucoma, JOAG, childhood glaucoma, myopia, goniotomy, myocilin gene, MYOC gene

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

David Sellers Walton, MD, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Surgeon in Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Assistant Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
David Sellers Walton, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, and American Ophthalmological Society
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Gerhard W Cibis, MD, Clinical Professor, Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas, Kansas City
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