Oral microbiome link to neurodegeneration in glaucoma.

Oral microbiome link to neurodegeneration in glaucoma.

Glaucoma is a progressive optic nerve degenerative disease that often leads to blindness. Local inflammatory responses are implicated in the pathology of glaucoma. Although inflammatory episodes outside the CNS, such as those due to acute systemic infections, have been linked to central neurodegener...

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Main Authors: Konstantin Astafurov, Eman Elhawy, Lizhen Ren, Cecilia Q Dong, Christina Igboin, Leslie Hyman, Ann Griffen, Thomas Mittag, John Danias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4152129?pdf=render

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