Agreement between peripheral anterior chamber depth evaluation using the van Herick technique and angle width evaluation using the Shaffer system in Japanese

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-136

  Kashiwagi, Kenji ^a   Tokunaga, Takaharu ^a   Iwase, Aiko ^b   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^c   Tsukahara, Shigeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle closure glaucoma; Japanese; Peripheral anterior chamber depth; Shaffer system; Survey; Van Herick classification

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 18044398020     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0169-5     Document Type: Review

References (8)

1. Foster PJ, Oen FT, Machin D, et al. The prevalence of glaucoma in Chinese residents of Singapore: a cross-sectional population survey of the Tanjong Pagar district. Arch Ophthalmol 2000;118:1105-1111.
2. Foster PJ, Baasanhu J, Alsbirk PH, et al. Glaucoma in Mongolia. A population-based survey in Hovsgol province, northern Mongolia. Arch Ophthalmol 1996;114:1235-241.
3. Hu Z, Zhao ZL, Dong FT. An epidemiological investigation of glaucoma in Beijing and Shun-yi County. Chung-Hua Yen Ko Tsa Chih 1989;25:115-118.
4. van Herick W, Shaffer RN, Schwartz A. Estimation of width of angle of anterior chamber. Incidence and significance of the narrow angle. Am J Ophthalmol 1969;68:626-629.
5. Congdon NG, Quigley HA, Hung PT, et al. Screening techniques for angle-closure glaucoma in rural Taiwan. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1996;74:113-119.
6. Foster PJ, Devereux JG, Alsbirk PH, et al. Detection of gonioscopically occludable angles and primary angle closure glaucoma by estimation of limbal chamber depth in Asians: modified grading scheme. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:186-192.
7. Shaffer RN. A suggested anatomic classification to define the pupillary block glaucomas. Invest Ophthalmol 1973;12:540-542.
8. Shiose Y, Kitazawa Y, Tsukahara S, et al. Epidemiology of glaucoma in Japan - a nationwide glaucoma survey. Jpn J Ophthalmol 1991;35:133-155.