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 …

Contemporary approach to the diagnosis and management of primary angle-closure disease

MR Razeghinejad, JS Myers - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
The primary angle-closure disease spectrum varies from a narrow angle to advanced
glaucoma. A variety of imaging technologies may assist the clinician in determining the …

Evidence-based management of primary angle closure glaucoma

ME Emanuel, RK Parrish, SJ Gedde - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Treatment of angle closure depends on the signs of chronic angle damage and
glaucomatous optic neuropathy. In the absence of such evidence, serial gonioscopy may be …

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 …

[图书][B] Angle closure and angle closure Glaucoma: reports and consensus statements of the 3rd global AIGS consensus meeting on angle closure Glaucoma

RN Weinreb, DS Friedman - 2006 - books.google.com
This is the third glaucoma consensus held under the auspices of the AIGS. It is anticipated
that the discussions and conclusions from this consensus will impact care of patients with …

Interventions for angle-closure glaucoma: an evidence-based update

SM Saw, G Gazzard, DS Friedman - Ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To assess the interventions to treat acute angle closure (AAC) and primary
angle closure (PAC) with or without glaucomatous optic neuropathy. CLINICAL …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] A construct for understanding angle-closure glaucoma

R Ritch, J Liebmann, C Tello - Ophthalmol Clin North Am, 1995 - glaucoma.net
In order to approach the treatment of different disorders leading to angle-closure glaucoma
most effectively, it is necessary to understand the differences between them and the …

Clarifying the nomenclature for primary angle-closure glaucoma

YY Kim, HR Jung - Survey of ophthalmology, 1997 - Elsevier
Despite tremendous development in the field of glaucoma, there is confusion in the
nomenclature system for classification, gonioscopy, and mechanisms of primary angle …