RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The definition and classification of glaucoma in prevalence surveys
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 238
OP 242
DO 10.1136/bjo.86.2.238
VO 86
IS 2
A1 Paul J Foster
A1 Ralf Buhrmann
A1 Harry A Quigley
A1 Gordon J Johnson
YR 2002
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/86/2/238.abstract
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.