TY - JOUR
T1 - Follow-up of angle-closure glaucoma suspects
AU - Wilensky, J. T.
AU - Kaufman, P. L.
AU - Frohlichstein, D.
AU - Gieser, D. K.
AU - Kass, M. A.
AU - Ritch, R.
AU - Anderson, R.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (Dr. Wilensky and Ms. Frohlichstein): the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin (Dr. Kaufman); Wheaton Eye Clinic, Wheaton, Illinois (Dr. Gieser); the Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri (Dr. Kass); the Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York, New York (Dr. Ritch); and the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Dr. Anderson). This study was supported in part by grants EY03462 (Dr. Wilensky), EY03503 (Dr. Kaufman), and departmental core grant EY01792 from the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; by an unrestricted research grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York; and by gifts from the Lions of Illinois Foundation, Maywood, Illinois.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - One hundred twenty-nine patients thought to be at risk for developing angle-closure glaucoma underwent a baseline examination, which included gonioscopy, refraction, anterior chamber pachymetry, ultrasound biometry, and an angle-closure provocative test. Patients were then followed up with no treatment. Mean follow-up was 2.7 years with a range up to six years. Twenty- five patients developed angle closure in at least one eye during the follow- up period, but in most (17 of the 25 patients), the angle closure was non- acute (that is, no clinical signs or symptoms and no increase in intraocular pressure). None of the test factors studied showed a high sensitivity or positive predictive accuracy in detecting the eyes that later developed angle closure.
AB - One hundred twenty-nine patients thought to be at risk for developing angle-closure glaucoma underwent a baseline examination, which included gonioscopy, refraction, anterior chamber pachymetry, ultrasound biometry, and an angle-closure provocative test. Patients were then followed up with no treatment. Mean follow-up was 2.7 years with a range up to six years. Twenty- five patients developed angle closure in at least one eye during the follow- up period, but in most (17 of the 25 patients), the angle closure was non- acute (that is, no clinical signs or symptoms and no increase in intraocular pressure). None of the test factors studied showed a high sensitivity or positive predictive accuracy in detecting the eyes that later developed angle closure.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73585-8
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)73585-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 8442493
AN - SCOPUS:0027468876
SN - 0002-9394
VL - 115
SP - 338
EP - 346
JO - American journal of ophthalmology
JF - American journal of ophthalmology
IS - 3
ER -