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pseudoexfoliation

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pseudoexfoliation (PXF) 
Deposition of greyish-white, flake-like basement membrane material on the anterior lens capsule, the iris and the ciliary processes with free-floating particles in the anterior chamber. It occurs mainly in the elderly. It often gives rise to glaucoma (pseudoexfoliation glaucoma). The origin of the pseudoexfoliative material is believed to be secondary to an abnormal basement membrane, produced by ageing epithelial cells in the eye, as well as in the skin and visceral organs. See pseudoexfoliation glaucoma; pseudoexfoliation syndrome.


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Hearing Loss Study Adds to the Evidence Shahin Yazdani, MD, and his research team evaluated whether patients with ocular pseudoexfoliation syndrome--the most common cause worldwide of the form of glaucoma known as "secondary open angle"--had a higher incidence of hearing loss.
Evaluation of approximately four years of data from an ongoing study of patients receiving PNT(TM) has shown the procedure, originally designed to treat Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG), pigmentary glaucoma and glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule, is of value in treating ocular hypertension, as well.
Evaluation of approximately four years of data from an ongoing study of patients receiving PNT(TM) has shown the procedure, originally designed to treat Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (POAG), pigmentary glaucoma and glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule, is of value in treating ocular hypertension, as well.
 
 
 
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