STUDIES ON GLAUCOMA RELATIVES

Darkroom prone provocative test in primary angle closure glaucoma relatives.

PURPOSE To evaluate ocular biometric parameters and darkroom prone provocative test (DPPT) in family members of primary angle closure (PAC) glaucoma (PACG) patients and to establish any correlation between these biometric parameters and the DPPT response. METHODS Seventy-four family members of PACG patients underwent ultrasound ocular biometry, slit lamp biomicroscopy, Goldmann applanation to...

Family studies in glaucoma.

Two groups of patients with a family history of chronic open-angle glaucoma were compared with a normal population of 5919 individuals studied during the Bedford Glaucoma Survey. The mean screening intraocular pressure was significantly raised in both groups with a family history of chronic open-angle glaucoma. The prevalence rate of a raised intraocular pressure was 3.81 times that found in th...

Prevalence of Open Angle Glaucoma in Accompanying First Degree Relatives of Patients with Glaucoma

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of open angle glaucoma in first-degree relatives accompanying POAG patients during routine examination in a reference hospital. METHOD First-degree relatives of primary open angle glaucoma patients who accompanied their relatives to the glaucoma service of a reference hospital were screened for glaucoma. RESULTS One-hundred and...

Gonioscopic studies in congestive glaucoma.

SINCE narrow-angle glaucoma was described by Barkan (1938), conflicting opinions have been expressed as to the correctness of his views. Barkan postulated, and many authors have since agreed with him, that the rise in intra-ocular pressure in the condition usually known as congestive glaucoma, is due to mechanical obstruction to the outflow of aqueous at the filtration angle of the anterior cha...

Studies on the Epidemiology of Open-angle Glaucoma