[Glaucoma in the melanoderm patient].
Much less marginal in France than believed, glaucoma in the melanoderm patient comes early in life, with a more aggressive progression leading to blindness twice as often as in the Caucasian patient. Generally open-angle glaucoma, it may be related to anatomical ocular characteristics of the Black population. Its management is not very different from that of glaucoma in the Caucasian patient.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044383:Black People; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014130:Trabeculectomy
D008543:Melanins