PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paul J Foster
AU  - Ralf Buhrmann
AU  - Harry A Quigley
AU  - Gordon J Johnson
TI  - The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.86.2.238
DP  - 2002 Feb 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 238--242
VI  - 86
IP  - 2
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/86/2/238.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/86/2/238.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol2002 Feb 01; 86
AB  - 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.