Glaucoma: Understand the Disease and Its Treatment

by Various

About 400,000 Canadians suffer from glaucoma. In fact, this chronic eye disease affects 1 percent to 3 percent of the population of the Western world age 40 and over, and its incidence increases with age-reaching 10 percent in people over 80. Glaucoma is an extremely insidious disease. It can destroy the functional capacity of the eyes irreversibly and without warning. Screening is thus a major issue in the fight against glaucoma, especially as there...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2923830202
• ISBN13: 9782923830209
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Annika Parance
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.4"