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THE INCIDENCE OF GLAUCOMA CAPSULARE BASED ON A DANISH HOSPITAL MATERIAL
Author(s) -
OHRT VAGN,
NEHEN JENS HENRIK
Publication year - 1981
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.1755-3768.1981.tb05764.x
Subject(s) - glaucoma , danish , incidence (geometry) , optometry , medicine , population , open angle glaucoma , ophthalmology , environmental health , optics , physics , philosophy , linguistics
In a hospital material from North Jutland consisting of 192 cases of open‐angle glaucoma, pseudoexfoliations were found in 50 cases, i.e. 26%. So far glaucoma capsulare has been regarded as rare in Denmark, but the incidence found here corresponds well to the one now considered to be valid for the glaucoma population in Norway, where this type of glaucoma has been found particularly frequently. The material supports the by now more widespread objections to the existence of actual geographical differences concerning the frequency of glaucoma capsulare.