Additional Resources
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Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS);
www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/static/study24.asp
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Collaborative Normal-Tension Glaucoma Study Group. Comparison of
glaucomatous progression between untreated patients with normal-tension
glaucoma and patients with therapeutically reduced intraocular pressures. Am J
Ophthalmol 1998;126:487–97.
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Drance SM. The Collaborative Normal-Tension Glaucoma Study and some of its
lessons. Can J Ophthalmol 1999:34:1-6.
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Drance S et al. Risk factors for progression of visual field abnormalities in
normal-tension glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 2001;131:699-708.
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Anderson DR et al. Natural history of normal-tension glaucoma. Ophthalmology
2001;108:247-53.
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Anderson DR et al. Factors that predict the benefit of lowering intraocular
pressure in normal-tension glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 2003;136:820-9.
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Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT):
www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/static/study31.asp
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Advanced Glaucoma Intervention Study (AGIS):
www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/static/study49.asp
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Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS):
www.nei.nih.gov/neitrials/static/study50.asp
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The effectiveness of Early Lens Extraction with intraocular lens implantation for
the treatment of primary Angle-closure Glaucoma (EAGLE) Study:
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Azuara-Blanco A et al. The effectiveness of Early Lens Extraction with intraocular
lens implantation for the treatment of primary Angle-closure Glaucoma (EAGLE):
study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2011;12:133-43
www.trialsjournal.com/content/12/1/133
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Garway-Heath DF et al. The United Kingdom Glaucoma Treatment Study: a
multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial: design and
methodology. Ophthalmology 2013;120:68-76.
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The Blue Mountains Eye Study; www.cvr.org.au/bmes.htm
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Leske MC et al. The Barbados Eye Study: prevalence of open angle glaucoma.
Arch Ophthalmol 1994:112;821-9.
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Tielsch JM et al. A population-based evaluation of glaucoma screening: The
Baltimore Eye Study. Am J Epidemiol 1991;134:1102-10.
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Tielsch JM et al. Racial variations in the prevalence of primary open-angle
glaucoma: The Baltimore Eye Study. JAMA 1991;226:369-74.
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Tielsch JM et al. Family history and risk of primary open angle glaucoma: The
Baltimore Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol 1994;112:69-73.
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Sommer A. Glaucoma risk factors observed in the Baltimore Eye Survey. Curr
Opin Ophthalmol 1996;7:93-8.
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Dielmans I et al. The prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma in a
population-based study in the Netherlands: the Rotterdam Study. Ophthalmology
1994;101:1851-5.
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Suzuki Y et al. Risk factors for open-angle glaucoma in a Japanese population:
the Tajimi study. Ophthalmology 2006;113:1613-17.
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References relating to PACG:
Alsbirk PH. Primary angle-closure glaucoma: oculometry, epidemiology, and
genetics in a high risk population. Acta Ophthalmol 1976; 54:5-31.
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Bonomi L et al. Epidemiology of angle-closure glaucoma. Prevalence, clinical
types, and association with peripheral anterior chamber depth in the EgnaNeumarkt
Glaucoma Study. Ophthalmology 2000; 107: 998-1003.
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Buhrmann RR et al. The prevalence of glaucoma in a rural east African
population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2000;41:40-48.
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Dandona L et al. Angle-closure glaucoma in an urban population in southern
India. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology 2000;107:171016.
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Foster PJ et al. The prevalence of glaucoma in Chinese residents of Singapore.
Arch Ophthalmol 2000;118:1105-11.
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He M et al. Prevalence and clinical characteristics of glaucoma in adult Chinese:
a population-based study in Liwan District, Guangzhou. Invest Ophthalmol Vis
Sci 2006; 47:2782-88.
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Lavanya R et al. Determinants of angle closure in older Singaporeans. Arch
Ophthalmol 2008;126:686-91.
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Lam DS et al. Current approaches to the management of acute primary angle
closure. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2007;18:146-51.
Patient support:
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www.glaucoma-association.com
Professional guidelines:
 www.one.aao.org/guidelines-browse
 Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Preferred Practice Patterns - October 2010 (and
Summary Benchmarks - 2012)
 Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma Preferred Practice Patterns - October 2010
(and Summary Benchmarks - 2012)
David Broadway October 2013