Modern approach to the diagnosis of normal tension glaucoma taking into account the features of its pathogenesis

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Normal tension glaucoma was isolated as a separate clinical form of primary open-angle glaucoma at the end of the 20th century. In the article, various points of view on the development of this most difficultly diagnosed variety of glaucoma, as well as modern concepts of the pathogenesis of normal tension glaucoma which determine the strategy of a new approach to its diagnosis, are reviewed in the historical aspect.

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Irina L. Simakova

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

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Email: irina.l.simakova@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8389-0421
SPIN-code: 3422-5512
Scopus Author ID: 7003824052
ResearcherId: M - 3460-2016

Doctor of Medical Science, Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Al’fina R. Suleimanova

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: alfinkamuse1@gmail.com

Ophthalmologist

Saint Petersburg

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