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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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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spelling ftucl:oai:eprints.ucl.ac.uk.OAI2:142066 2023-05-15T16:07:25+02:00 The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys Foster, PJ Buhrmann, R Quigley, HA Johnson, GJ 2002-02 http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/142066/ unknown BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP BRIT J OPHTHALMOL , 86 (2) 238 - 242. (2002) ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA HUMAN OPTIC-NERVE NORMAL EYES SIZE DISK POPULATION PARAMETERS GREENLAND ESKIMOS CUP Article 2002 ftucl 2016-01-15T03:26:14Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Greenland University College London: UCL Discovery Greenland
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topic ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
HUMAN OPTIC-NERVE
NORMAL EYES
SIZE
DISK
POPULATION
PARAMETERS
GREENLAND
ESKIMOS
CUP
spellingShingle ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
HUMAN OPTIC-NERVE
NORMAL EYES
SIZE
DISK
POPULATION
PARAMETERS
GREENLAND
ESKIMOS
CUP
Foster, PJ
Buhrmann, R
Quigley, HA
Johnson, GJ
The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
topic_facet ANGLE-CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
HUMAN OPTIC-NERVE
NORMAL EYES
SIZE
DISK
POPULATION
PARAMETERS
GREENLAND
ESKIMOS
CUP
description 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.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Foster, PJ
Buhrmann, R
Quigley, HA
Johnson, GJ
author_facet Foster, PJ
Buhrmann, R
Quigley, HA
Johnson, GJ
author_sort Foster, PJ
title The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
title_short The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
title_full The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
title_fullStr The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
title_full_unstemmed The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
title_sort definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
publisher BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP
publishDate 2002
url http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/142066/
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op_source BRIT J OPHTHALMOL , 86 (2) 238 - 242. (2002)
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