The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys

This review describes a scheme for diagnosis of glaucoma in population based prevalence surveys. Cases are diagnosed on the grounds of both structural and functional evidence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. The scheme also makes provision for diagnosing glaucoma in eyes with severe visual loss whe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Foster, PJ, Buhrmann, R, Quigley, HA, Johnson, GJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP 2002
Subjects:
ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
HUMAN OPTIC-NERVE
NORMAL EYES
SIZE
DISK
POPULATION
PARAMETERS
GREENLAND
ESKIMOS
CUP
Greenland
eskimo*
Online Access:http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/142066/
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Summary:This review describes a scheme for diagnosis of glaucoma in population based prevalence surveys. Cases are diagnosed on the grounds of both structural and functional evidence of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. The scheme also makes provision for diagnosing glaucoma in eyes with severe visual loss where formal field testing is impractical, and for blind eyes in which the optic disc cannot be seen because of media opacities.

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