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Low Tension Glaucoma

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Definition: A form of GLAUCOMA in which chronic optic nerve damage and loss of vision normally attributable to buildup of intraocular pressure occurs despite prevailing conditions of normal intraocular pressure.      Other names Glaucoma, Low Tension; Tension Glaucomas, Normal; Tension Glaucomas, Low; Tension Glaucoma, Normal; Tension Glaucoma, Low; Normal Tension Glaucomas; Low Tension Glaucomas; Glaucomas, Normal Tension; Glaucomas, Low Tension; Glaucoma, Normal Tension; Normal Tension Glaucoma
 
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GLC1F protein, human  0   *Eye Proteins Low Tension Glaucoma. Mol Vis. 2010;16() (dup#29):462-6

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