Tuesday, February 05, 2013

SCLERAL CROSS-LINKING AS A THEORETICAL THERAPY FOR GLAUCOMA

This article in Current Opinion in Pharmacology explains that theoretically, cross-linking, a procedure used to stiffen the cornea in keratoconus patients, can be used to stiffen the lamina cribrosa, thereby strengthening the optic nerve against pressure.


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