Abstract:two distinct pathologies, despite similar pathophysiology and demographic distribution. Both diseases are neurodegenerative, chronic and progressive in nature, with irreversible neuronal cell loss. Furthermore, both POAG and AD disease primarily affect the elderly, with a strongly age-dependent incidence. The progressive debilitating course of both diseases has tremendous implications on an aging population [1]. For years Glaucoma has been associated with high IOP [2], although scientists had accepted this eti… Show more
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