Angle-closure glaucoma in East Asian and European people. Different diseases?

M He, PJ Foster, GJ Johnson, PT Khaw - Eye, 2006 - nature.com
In contrast to the pattern of disease in Europeans, primary angle closure has a higher
prevalence and tends to be asymptomatic in East Asians. The higher prevalence is …

Comparing gonioscopy with visante and cirrus optical coherence tomography for anterior chamber angle assessment in glaucoma patients

CX Hu, A Mantravadi, C Zangalli, M Ali… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare gonioscopy with Visante and Cirrus optical
coherence tomography (OCT) for identifying angle structures and the presence of angle …

Angle closure glaucoma: a mechanistic review

ME Nongpiur, JYF Ku, T Aung - Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
With a wider availability of imaging tools and a better understanding of risk factors and
mechanisms, clinicians maybe able to more accurately identify those at greater risk of …

Role of lens vault in subtypes of angle closure in Iranian subjects

S Moghimi, Z Vahedian, N Zandvakil, M Mohammdi… - Eye, 2014 - nature.com
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Understanding diagnostic disagreement in angle closure assessment between anterior segment optical coherence tomography and gonioscopy

N Porporato, M Baskaran, TA Tun, R Sultana… - British Journal of …, 2020 - bjo.bmj.com
Background/aims Although being a more objective tool for assessment and follow-up of
angle closure, reliability studies have reported a moderate diagnostic performance for …

Comparison of ultrasound biomicroscopic configurations among primary angle closure, its suspects, and nonoccludable angles: the Kumejima Study

IM Henzan, A Tomidokoro, C Uejo, H Sakai… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To quantitatively characterize the ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM)
configurations of the peripheral anterior chamber (AC) in primary angle closure (PAC) and …

Anterior chamber angle measurements using Schwalbe's line with high-resolution fourier-domain optical coherence tomography

B Qin, BA Francis, Y Li, M Tang, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To use Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure the angle
opening distance at Schwalbe's line (AOD-SL) and determine its value in anterior chamber …

Angle-closure glaucoma: impact, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment

NG Congdon, DS Friedman - Current opinion in ophthalmology, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Angle closure in this setting appears to be caused by uveal effusion and anterior rotation of
the ciliary body with resultant closure of the angle. The condition is not always responsive to …

Primary angle closure glaucoma in Chinese and Western populations

N Wang, H Wu, Z Fan - Chinese medical journal, 2002 - mednexus.org
Objective To review the major progress in primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG).
Methods Contents of this article were selected from the original papers or reviews related to …

Imaging of the anterior segment in glaucoma

JLS See - Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Although constituting only about a quarter of all glaucoma, angle closure glaucoma causes
a disproportionate amount of visual morbidity and is predicted to be responsible for almost …