Only a very small number of those 2,800 would be expected to develop disease.

Also, women are more likely than men to develop the disease.

She developed the disease at age 67 and died nine months later.

So far, more than 5,000 people have developed the disease.

Yet most people with high eye pressure never develop the disease.

So I knew my family history put me at higher risk of developing the disease.

Your doctor will talk to you about the chance for developing the disease.

Children born into the family have a 50 percent chance of developing the disease.

But no one could figure out why only that patient had developed the disease.

Risk is even greater if the relative developed the disease before age 50.