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Glaucoma is a disease that causes irreversible blindness. The visual acuity loss secondary to glaucoma is associated with a substantial decrease in quality of life and patient utility value. Gupta and co-workers demonstrate that the utility value is directly dependent on the degree of visual acuity, a loss associated with the disease and the educational status but not the duration of the disease, number of medications, or visual field indices.
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Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. It is the second most frequent cause of legal blindness in industrialised countries. Traverso and co-workers demonstrate that resource utilisation and direct medical cost of glaucoma management increase with worsening disease severity. Based on these findings managing glaucoma and effectively delaying the disease progression would be expected to significantly reduce the economic burden of this disease.
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Uveitis occurs in a significant number of patients with optic
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