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LENS THICKNESS AND ANGLE‐CLOSURE GLAUCOMA
Author(s) -
CLEMMESEN VIGGO,
LUNTZ MAURICE H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1976.tb00431.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , population , ophthalmology , normal population , medicine , angle closure glaucoma , lens (geology) , danish , closure (psychology) , optometry , optics , physics , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , economics , market economy
A group of Negro patients without ocular disease (“normal” group), a group of Negroes with angle closure glaucoma and a normal Danish population are compared in terms of anterior chamber depth, lens thickness, vitreous body length and axial length of the globe. It is noted that the normal black population has a significantly thinner lens than the black population with angle closure glaucoma and the normal Danish population. The latter two groups have a lens thickness which is similar. This finding is discussed in relation to the lower incidence of acute closure attacks in the black population. Attacks of angle closure in this population are generally of the chronic type.