Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation in optometry

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Rolim H, Cronemberger S, Rangel H, Batista WD, Bastos-Rodrigues L, De Marco L. The Role of Genetic Ancestry in Brazilian Patients With Primary Congenital Glaucoma. J Glaucoma. 2016;25(1):e24-8. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000167 pmid: 25265008

Pereira FDSCF, Guimarães RM, Lucidi AR, Brum DG, Paiva CLA, Alvarenga RMP. A systematic literature review on the European, African and Amerindian genetic ancestry components on Brazilian health outcomes. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):8874. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45081-7 pmid: 31221977

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Muroff J, Edelsohn GA, Joe S, Ford BC. The role of race in diagnostic and disposition decision making in a pediatric psychiatric emergency service. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2008;30(3):269-76. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.01.003 pmid: 18433660

Gregory AC 2nd, Zhang MM, Rapoport Y, Ling JD, Kuchtey RW. Racial Influences of Uveitic Glaucoma: Consolidation of Current Knowledge of Diagnosis and Treatment. Semin Ophthalmol. 2016;31(4):400-4. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2016.1154169 pmid: 27101105

Al-Namaeh M. Common causes of visual impairment in the elderly. Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2021; 10(4): 191-200. doi: 10.51329/mehdiophthal1438