RESEARCH ARTICLE
Risk Assessment for Glaucoma
Robert N Weinreb*, Felipe Medeiros*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 30
Last Page: 31
Publisher ID: TOOPHTJ-3-30
DOI: 10.2174/1874364100903010030
Article History:
Received Date: 24/2/2009Revision Received Date: 20/5/2009
Acceptance Date: 25/5/2009
Electronic publication date: 17/9/2009
Collection year: 2009

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Abstract
Glaucoma is undergoing a paradigm shift and transitioning from merely disease staging to evidence-based risk assessment of in the individual patient.
Initially introduced for ocular hypertensive patients, risk assessment calculators are now being developed for patients with established glaucoma.