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Glaucoma is a condition that causes progressive retinal ganglion cell (RGC) loss, resulting in structural changes and deterioration of visual function. Continuous damage to the cells of visual system can negatively affect a broad spectrum of everyday life activities and vision related quality of life (QoL). Patients may sense reduction in contrast sensitivity at relatively early stages of glaucoma [1]. As disease progresses visual acuity and visual field sensitivity gradually diminishes, thus deteriorating vision related QoL [2]. Patients may experience difficulties while walking, driving, reading, seeing at night, adjusting to different levels of light, seeing peripheral and moving objects [3, 4].

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Maciulaitiene, R., Januleviciene, I. (2019). Function Loss. In: Januleviciene, I., Harris, A. (eds) Biophysical Properties in Glaucoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98198-7_19

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