The Glymphatic Hypothesis of Glaucoma: A Unifying Concept Incorporating Vascular, Biomechanical, and Biochemical Aspects of the Disease.

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Published in Biomed Res Int on August 29, 2017

Authors

Peter Wostyn1, Veva De Groot2, Debby Van Dam3,4, Kurt Audenaert5, Hanspeter Esriel Killer6, Peter Paul De Deyn3,4,7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, PC Sint-Amandus, Beernem, Belgium.
2: Department of Ophthalmology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
3: Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Behavior, Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp, Belgium.
4: Department of Neurology and Alzheimer Research Center, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
5: Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
6: Department of Ophthalmology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
7: Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, Middelheim General Hospital (ZNA), Antwerp, Belgium.

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