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Low rate of progression to visual impairment seen in UK glaucoma patients
PRAGUE — Linear regression analysis of a large database showed a high variability in glaucoma progression rate and a low rate of progression to blindness among patients treated in U.K. glaucoma clinics.In the United Kingdom, where more than 1 million hospital visits are performed per year for glaucoma alone, auditing of patients allowed the setup of a large data set of 25,000 patients monitored for glaucoma over a period of 12 years.