Autonomic neuropathy in ocular hypertension.
By means of a series of cardiovascular autonomic function tests, systemic parasympathetic neuropathy was demonstrated in 41.8% of 189 patients with ocular hypertension and in 2.6% of 76 controls. Parasympathetic neuropathy was significantly more common in patients with narrow-angle hypertension than in those with wide-angle hypertension. Raised intraocular pressure may be a manifestation of systemic disease rather than an exclusively ocular phenomenon.
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D000368:Aged; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009798:Ocular Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver