Transitions of the understanding and definition of primary glaucoma

SA Liu, ZN Zhao, NN Sun, Y Han, J Chen… - Chinese medical …, 2018 - mednexus.org
Objective: In previous decades, glaucoma has been primarily attributed to elevated
intraocular pressure (IOP), but this has gradually been replaced by the development of optic …

Detection of glaucoma using cup to disc ratio from spectral domain optical coherence tomography images

T Khalil, MU Akram, H Raja, A Jameel, I Basit - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Glaucoma is an asymptomatic neurological disease. It causes damage to optic nerve due to
increased fluid pressure within eyes. In the proposed system, cup-to-disc-ratio has been …

[HTML][HTML] Asymmetric patterns of visual field defect in primary open-angle and primary angle-closure glaucoma

S Yousefi, H Sakai, H Murata, Y Fujino… - … & Visual Science, 2018 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: To compare the hemifield asymmetry of visual field (VF) loss in primary open-angle
glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) across all severity levels …

COL18A1 is a candidate eye iridocorneal angle-closure gene in humans

F Suri, S Yazdani, M Chapi, I Safari… - Human molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) is a common form of glaucoma in the Far East. Its
defining feature is iridocorneal angle closure. In addition to PACG, indications of angle …

Comparison of new visual disturbances after superior versus nasal/temporal laser peripheral iridotomy: a prospective randomized trial

K Srinivasan, N Zebardast, P Krishnamurthy, MA Kader… - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine whether laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI) location affects postoperative
dysphotopsia symptoms. Design Multicenter, randomized, prospective, single-masked trial …

Effect of community screening on the demographic makeup and clinical severity of glaucoma patients receiving care in urban China

Y Liang, J Jiang, W Ou, X Peng, R Sun, X Xu… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess differences in clinical and demographic characteristics between
glaucoma patients identified by community screening and those newly diagnosed in hospital …

Trends of visual impairment and blindness in the Singapore Chinese population over a decade

YC Tham, SH Lim, Y Shi, ML Chee, YF Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
We evaluated the prevalence of visual impairment (VI) and blindness among Chinese adults
in the Singapore Chinese Eye Study (SCES, 2009–2011), and compared the trends with the …

Social, health and ocular factors associated with primary open‐angle glaucoma amongst Chinese Singaporeans

N Chiam, M Baskaran, Z Li, S Perera… - Clinical & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Importance There is limited literature on lifestyle and health factors related to primary open‐
angle glaucoma amongst Asians. Background This study evaluated the association of …

Rates of visual field loss in primary open-angle glaucoma and primary angle-closure glaucoma: asymmetric patterns

S Yousefi, H Sakai, H Murata, Y Fujino… - … & Visual Science, 2018 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of visual field (VF) loss in
primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) …

Evaluation of primary angle-closure glaucoma susceptibility loci in patients with early stages of angle-closure disease

ME Nongpiur, CY Cheng, R Duvesh, S Vijayan… - Ophthalmology, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate whether newly identified genetic loci for primary angle-closure
glaucoma (PACG) are associated with early stage angle-closure disease defined as primary …