How Glaucoma Affects the Optic Nerve (IMAGE)

Columbia University

How Glaucoma Affects the Optic Nerve

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Glaucoma results in progressive damage to the optic nerve, the part of the eye that carries visual information from the eye to the brain.

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National Eye Institute

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