Cerebrospinal fluid pressure decreases with older age.

Clinical studies implicate low cerebrospinal fluid pressure (CSFP) or a high translaminar pressure difference in the pathogenesis of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal tension glaucoma (NTG). This study was performed to examine the effect of age, sex, race and body mass index (BMI) on CSF...

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Main Authors: David Fleischman, John P Berdahl, Jana Zaydlarova, Sandra Stinnett, Michael P Fautsch, R Rand Allingham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3530461?pdf=render