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    Jan Waldenströms gata 24, plan 2

    205 02 Malmö

    Sweden

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    Jan Waldenströms gata 24

    205 02 Malmö

    Sweden

Unit profile

Description

Glaucoma is the most common cause of irreversible blindness. Our broad aim is to reduce the risk for developing glaucoma induced visual field damage affecting vision related quality of life by 1. Improve treatment strategies; in an ongoing longitudinal study is effect of immediate intensive treatment compared with the recommended stepped regimen on the predicted visual field. 2. Develop and evaluate diagnostic tools for effective follow-up. 3. Evaluate the effect of a large (n=33.000) screening on the risk for glaucoma induced blindness and 4. determine the risk for glaucoma induced blindness in subjects with ocular hypertension. 5. Survey the vision related Quality of Life in glaucoma patients. Diabetic retinopathy is generally considered a vasculopathy, but the retina is not a vascular tissue, it is a neuronal tissue with a vascular supply. We used perimetry to model change in visual function in diabetes, which suggested early neuronal dysfunction independent of vascular changes.

UKÄ subject classification

  • Ophthalmology
  • Endocrinology and Diabetes

Free keywords

  • Visual field
  • glaucoma
  • IOP
  • endocrinology
  • diabetes
  • ocular hypertension
  • perimetry
  • visual dysfunction
  • endocrine ophthalmopathy

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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