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Central corneal thickness in a Jordanian population and its association with different types of Glaucoma: cross-sectional study.

Sana' MuhsenFeras AlkhalailehMohammad HamdanSaif Aldeen S AlRyalat
Published in: BMC ophthalmology (2018)
In Arabian ethnicity, PACG patients have the thinnest CCT compared to other types of glaucoma, namely POAG and PXFG. We demonstrated that glaucomatous eyes with thinner corneas will probably have more advanced glaucomatous optic neuropathy. Our results emphasize the importance of taking ethnicity into account upon glaucoma management.
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