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Glaucoma may have link with diabetes
Jul 11 2006, Pratyush

Type 2 diabetes may have some association with primary open angle glaucoma (POAG). According to the researchers of Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, POGA is a common form of all glaucoma....

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