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Translaminar Pressure Gradient

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Translaminar pressure gradient is an important parameter in glaucoma, as optic nerve head is not only affected by intracular pressure and intracranial pressure but also by the thickness of the lamina cribrosa. Indeed, translaminar pressure gradient might be the single most important pressure related parameter for the development and progression of glaucoma.

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Siaudvytyte, L. (2019). Translaminar Pressure Gradient. In: Januleviciene, I., Harris, A. (eds) Biophysical Properties in Glaucoma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98198-7_5

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