The Definition and Classification of Glaucoma in Prevalence Surveys

Overview

Journal Br J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2002 Jan 30

PMID 11815354

Citations 780

Authors

Paul J Foster

Ralf Buhrmann

Harry A Quigley

Gordon J Johnson

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Abstract

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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