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Ophthalmologists explore causes, consequences of pseudoexfoliation syndrome
Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma is an aggressive, asymmetrical, sneaky, sight-threatening disease.Pseudoexfoliation, also called exfoliation syndrome (XFS), is the most common identifiable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. XFS is characterized by the “production, deposition and progressive accumulation of a white, fibrillary, extracellular material in many ocular tissues, most prominent on the anterior lens surface and pupillary border,” Robert Ritch, MD, wrote in a 2016 review in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology.