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 A I do, indeed, yes.
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 _ All right. On page 13 of your affidavit in
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 ..... the last paragraphs you defined glaucomas and yo%_ say
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 it's one of the leading causes of blindness in the
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 world, describes a group of optic diseases which
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 cause an increase in !ntraocular pressure that
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 damages the optic nerve and leads to eventual loss of
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 vision, and then later on in that same paragraph,
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 talking about primary open angle glaucoma, you say,
 o I0 "Under these condltions_ the pressure within the eye,
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 intraocular pressure, increases, thereby affecting
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 the nerves. _
 13 In both those portions of your definition,
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 pressure. Would you agree that is the key point in
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 defining glaucoma?
 17 A No. That's no way to say it.
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 damages the optic nerve. That is also a sequillae of
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 person, any person who is dealing with persons who
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 things that that person will look at. Of course,
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 they measure intrao_lar pressure. A, it is simple
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 HEAL R. GROSS