GLAUCOMA
You will find, in Ophthalmology, the original work of the month. It comes us from Thessalonique. This not randomised exploratory study compared 41 glaucomatous patients (of which nine had pseudoexfoliation) to a control group paired by age. Histological results of the biopsies made by endoscopy objectified an incidence of Helicobacter Pylori infection very significantly higher among glaucomatous patients. The most reasonable assumption is a predisposing common factor to both affections. However a possible pathogen role of Helicobacter Pylori in the glaucomatous disease, argued by the authors, is certainly not to draw aside and constitutes a base of future investigations.
Kountouras J, et al. Relationship between Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2001;108:599-604
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