Glaucoma Chronic Angle-Open, Endocrinopathy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Fortuitous Association or Interaction?

Raffaella Morreale Bubella

Abstract


On the basis of the literature data the relationships between chronic open-angle glaucoma, endocrinopathies and nocturnal apnoea syndrome are re-examined. It is assumed that the onset of glaucoma in different endocrinopathies has an only pathogenetic mechanism: OSAS.

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