THE PROPORTION OF CONFIRMED GLAUCOMAS WHO HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE

Authors
TUCK MW CRICK RP
Citation
Mw. Tuck et Rp. Crick, THE PROPORTION OF CONFIRMED GLAUCOMAS WHO HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY OF THE DISEASE, Ophthalmic & physiological optics, 16(1), 1996, pp. 86-87
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Ophthalmic & physiological optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02755408
Volume
16
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
86 - 87
Database
ISI
SICI code
0275-5408(1996)16:1<86:TPOCGW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In a large survey of glaucoma detection in practice, only 46 (10%) of 465 confirmed glaucomas had a family history of the disease. Together with other studies, this indicates that family screening would fail to detect the large majority of glaucoma cases.