Inadequate diagnostic value of the water-drinking test.
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Inadequate diagnostic value of the water-drinking test.
There is a large literature on the subject of the water-drinking test. Many authors have evaluated it and considered it to be a reliable method ofdiagnosing chronic simple glaucoma (Agarwal and Sharma, I953; Bloomfield and Kellerman, I947; Norskov, i967; Scheie, Spencer, and Helmick, 1956; Swanljung and Blodi, 1956). Leydhecker (I95oa, b, 1954) found the test unreliable with Schiotz tonometry. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.58.1.55