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. 1990 Dec;105(4):120.

Soap Gets in Your Eyes

Alistair Laidlaw 1, Philip Bloom 2
PMCID: PMC5114965  PMID: 1369543

Abstract

We present a previously unreported series of five cases of acute angle closure glaucoma associated with watching the Australia soap opera "Neighbours". Two cases were bilateral and associated with watching two episodes of "Neighbours" on the same day. The pathogenesis, and possible role of watching soap operas in the causation of primary angle closure glaucoma is discussed.

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Alistair Laidlaw, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol.

Philip Bloom, Bristol Eye Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol.


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