title: Association of glaucoma with neurodegenerative diseases with apoptotic cell death: Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a possible association of glaucoma with Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review (observational case series). The ophthalmologic charts of 49 patients with Alzheimer's disease and of 38 patients with Parkinson's disease were reviewed to determine the occurrence rate of glaucoma among these patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Glaucomatous visual field defects or cup-to-disk ratios of 0.8 or greater were recorded in 12 patients with Alzheimer's disease (24.5%) and in 9 patients with Parkinson's disease (23.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease may have an increased occurrence rate of glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital of Weilheim-Schongau, Weilheim, Germany. andreasubayer@yahoo.de
authors.forename: Andreas U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.forename: Othmar N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Klaus-Peter
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Maag
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017209:Apoptosis; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000473:pathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications; D014794:Visual Fields