It’s a type of glaucoma, a group of diseases in which high fluid pressure in your eye damages the optic nerve. It affects children between birth and 3 years. Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG ...

Primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is a rare disease (about ... with latanoprost was 33±15 months (range 6–70 months; Figures 1 and 2). None of the patients stopped latanoprost treatment because ...

Developmental forms of glaucoma include primary congenital glaucoma and glaucoma associated with syndromes (e.g., aniridia or the Axenfeld–Rieger syndrome). Primary open-angle glaucoma ...

Examination showed no signs of Haab striae, buphthalmos, or high iris insertion that would suggest that the patient had primary congenital glaucoma (PCG). Ultimately, both the patient's eyes ...

"Although primary congenital glaucoma is much rarer than open angle glaucoma, it is devastating for children," said corresponding author Dr. Susan Quaggin, chief of nephrology and hypertension in ...

While more common in adults, glaucoma - a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness - can also affect infants and children, experts said on Friday. "Childhood glaucoma, also ...

“The prevalence of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) is one in 3,300 live births and PCG accounts for 4.2% of all childhood blindness in Indian population. This has a very major impact on the ...

Progressive damage to the optic nerve is the hallmark of glaucoma, a complex eye disease that is one of the world's leading causes of irreversible blindness. Genes play a major role in the ...