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Robert Ritch

Professor of ophthalmology
Verified email at nyee.edu
Cited by 54393

Exfoliation syndrome

R Ritch, U Schlötzer-Schrehardt - Survey of ophthalmology, 2001 - Elsevier
Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is an age-related disease in which abnormal fibrillar
extracellular material is produced and accumulates in many ocular tissues. Its ocular …

Glaucomatous damage of the macula

DC Hood, AS Raza, CGV de Moraes… - Progress in retinal and …, 2013 - Elsevier
There is a growing body of evidence that early glaucomatous damage involves the macula.
The anatomical basis of this damage can be studied using frequency domain optical …

Why is glaucoma associated with exfoliation syndrome?

R Ritch, U Schlötzer-Schrehardt… - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2003 - Elsevier
Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is an age-related, generalized disorder of the extracellular
matrix characterized by production and progressive accumulation of a fibrillar material in …

Identification of a gene that causes primary open angle glaucoma

EM Stone, JH Fingert, WLM Alward, TD Nguyen… - Science, 1997 - science.org
Glaucoma is a major cause of blindness and is characterized by progressive degeneration
of the optic nerve and is usually associated with elevated intraocular pressure. Analyses of …

Adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma caused by mutations in optineurin

T Rezaie, A Child, R Hitchings, G Brice, L Miller… - Science, 2002 - science.org
Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) affects 33 million individuals worldwide and is a
leading cause of blindness. In a study of 54 families with autosomal dominantly inherited …

Peroxisomal and mitochondrial defects in the cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome

S Goldfischer, CL Moore, AB Johnson, AJ Spiro… - Science, 1973 - science.org
The cerebro-hepato-renal syndrome is a rare familial malady with cerebral, renal, and
skeletal abnormalities, severe hypotonia, cirrhosis, iron and lipid storage, and death within 6 …

Analysis of myocilin mutations in 1703 glaucoma patients from five different populations

JH Fingert, E Héon, JM Liebmann… - Human molecular …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Abstract A glaucoma locus, GLC1A, was identified previously on chromosome 1q. A gene
within this locus (encoding the protein myocilin) subsequently was shown to harbor …

Identification of a novel adult-onset primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) gene on 5q22.1

S Monemi, G Spaeth, A DaSilva… - Human molecular …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in virtually every country. Development of an
accurate diagnostic test for presymptomatic detection of individuals at risk is an urgent …

Exfoliation syndrome—the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma

R Ritch - Journal of glaucoma, 1994 - journals.lww.com
Each patient with inflammatory glaucoma should be regarded as a unique management
problem, and particular attention should be paid to characterizing the underlying …

Influence of glaucomatous visual field loss on health-related quality of life

P Gutierrez, MR Wilson, C Johnson… - Archives of …, 1997 - jamanetwork.com
We examined the influence of glaucomatous visual field defects on vision-targeted and
generic health-related quality of life. Vision-targeted and generic health status were …