The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys.
Foster Paul J, Buhrmann Ralf, Quigley Harry A, Johnson Gordon J
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This review outlines a glaucoma diagnostic scheme for population surveys, emphasizing structural and functional evidence, and providing methods for eyes with severe vision loss or media opacities, improving prevalence accuracy.
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.
MeSH Terms
Shields Classification
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