Aetiology of Glaucoma

Aetiology of angle-closure glaucoma.

improve the procedure, and it may be that we shall also have to change some of our concepts. But the chief purpose of this paper will be fulfilled even if the hypothesis and the calculations which I have presented are erroneous, for my principal aim is to show that an efficient prevention of glaucomatous field damage is only possible by a quantitative determination of visual field sensitivity a...

The Aetiology of Chronic Primary Glaucoma.

A possible aetiology for glaucoma in Negroes.

CHRONIC simple glaucoma is a syndrome well established in ophthalmic practice, but its aetiology is still unknown. Fundamentally this must be related to the question of how the intra-ocular pressure is maintained at a constant level. The many theories which have been advanced to explain the cause of this disease fall into two groups postulating either a hypersecretion ofaqueous humour or an obs...

What is the Real Cause of Glaucoma?

Introduction: The term glaucoma refers to a group of diseases that have a characteristic optic neuropathy with associated visual field loss in common. Intraocular pressure has been considered to be the only causal factor for glaucoma and the only factor that can be manipulated to alter the course of the disease. But considering high intraocular pressure as the only factor responsible for glauco...

A review on aetiology and pathogeny of African horse sickness