Primary angle‐closure glaucoma: an update

C Wright, MA Tawfik, M Waisbourd… - Acta …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Primary angle‐closure glaucoma is potentially a devastating disease, responsible for half of
glaucoma‐related blindness worldwide. Angle closure is characterized by appositional …

Angle-closure glaucoma: the role of the lens in the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment

P Tarongoy, CL Ho, DS Walton - Survey of ophthalmology, 2009 - Elsevier
Primary angle-closure glaucoma is a major cause of blindness worldwide. It is a disease of
ocular anatomy that is related to pupillary-block and angle-crowding mechanisms of filtration …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Primary angle closure glaucoma: what we know and what we don't know

X Sun, Y Dai, Y Chen, DY Yu, SJ Cringle… - Progress in retinal and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a common cause of blindness. Angle closure is
a fundamental pathologic process in PAGC. With the development of imaging devices for the …

Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment

N Amerasinghe, T Aung - Progress in brain research, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction: Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is the leading cause of blindness in
East Asia. The disease can be classified into primary angle-closure suspect, primary angle …

Phacoemulsification and goniosynechialysis in the management of unresponsive primary angle closure

PJ Harasymowycz, DG Papamatheakis… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of phacoemulsification and goniosynechialysis
(PEGS) in managing acute and subacute primary angle closure unresponsive to …

Predisposing factors for chronic angle-closure glaucoma

JF Salmon - Progress in retinal and eye research, 1999 - Elsevier
Chronic angle-closure glaucoma is the commonest form of glaucoma in Sino–Mongaloid
populations. It is an anatomical disorder of the anterior segment of the eye characterised by …

Possible mechanisms of primary angle-closure and malignant glaucoma

HA Quigley, DS Friedman, NG Congdon - Journal of glaucoma, 2003 - journals.lww.com
During the last 5 years, population-based prevalence surveys, large-scale clinical
evaluations, and technological advances in diagnostic methods have contributed to our …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Angle closure and angle‐closure glaucoma: what we are doing now and what we will be doing in the future

DS Friedman, PJ Foster, T Aung… - Clinical & experimental …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Primary angle‐closure glaucoma (PACG) frequently leads to severe vision loss. Prevalence
among older Asian populations is high and given global demographics, the number of …