Future Perspectives about Genetics of Congenital Glaucoma

As everybody knows, glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Most of glaucoma patients are elderly but congenital glaucoma (CG) and glaucomas of childhood are important causes of visual disability. Congenital glaucoma is isolated, non-syndromic glaucoma that occurs in the first three years of life and is one of the major causes of childhood blindness.