The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys.
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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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عنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 86 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002