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Primary Congenital Glaucoma
A glaucoma that is characterized by damage to the optic nerves that reduces peripheral vision and leads to blindness, is caused by mutation in the MYOC gene and appears before the age of 5 without other associated abnorm
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A glaucoma that is characterized by damage to the optic nerves that reduces peripheral vision and leads to blindness, is caused by mutation in the MYOC gene and appears before the age of 5 without other associated abnorm
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