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Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) for myocilin juvenile glaucoma
July 31, 2021

Gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) for myocilin juvenile glaucoma

Author(s): Erin A Boese (1), Wallace L M Alward (2), John H Fingert (2)

  1. Department Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 USA; Institute for Vision Research, University of CIowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 USA. Electronic address: erin-boese@uiowa.edu.
  2. Department Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 USA; Institute for Vision Research, University of CIowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 USA.

Here we report the first case of myocilin-associated juvenile open angle glaucoma to be treated with gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT) suggesting that GATT may target pathology specific to this type of glaucoma.

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2021 Jul 14;S2589-4196(21)00171-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ogla.2021.07.003.

PMID: 34273563

Keywords: Myocilin; gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy (GATT); juvenile open-angle glaucoma (JOAG)

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