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Review Article| Volume 6, P245-262, August 2021

Ocular Blood Flow as It Relates to Race and Disease on Glaucoma

      In certain individuals, glaucoma involves, in part, an impaired blood supply to the retina and/or optic nerve head, contributing to glaucomatous damage.

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