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Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

© 1996

Robert Ritch, M.D.
Professor and Chief, Glaucoma Service
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Jeffrey M. Liebmann, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Director, Glaucoma Services
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

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Part I

Introduction

History

Clinical Findings

A. Anterior Segment

B. Posterior Segment

Part II

Pathophysiology

Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Findings

Blinking

Accommodation

Effect of Miotics and Laser Iridotomy

Part III

Clinical Correlations

A. Heredity

B. Gender

C. Refractive Error

D. Asymmetric Involvement

Natural History

A. Active Phase

B. Regression Phase

C. Logic of Treatment

Management

Surgery

A. Filtering Surgery

The Basic Lesion

Summary

References