Glaucoma Update VI comprises the latest progress in scientific glaucomatology. Forty-one articles of highly reputed experts in the field cover the genetics and other risk factors of the disease and provide new insights into the pathophysiology of blood flow, visual function and optic neuropathy in glaucoma. Special emphasis is placed on innovative treatment options, both medical and surgical.

General Aspects

Definitions, Terminology, and a New Way of Staging Glaucoma
Remote Ophthalmology Care in Northern Finland The Application of Teleophthalmology in Examining Patients with Glaucoma
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
Risk Factors in Pigmentary Glaucoma
The Vascular Pharmacology of Ocular Hypotensive Drugs: A New Approach to the Therapy of Visual Loss
Genetics
Myocilin Mutations in Families with Late-Onset Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
Characterization of a Large Family with Adult-Onset Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Caused
by a Mutation in the GLCIA Gene
Pitfalls in Mutation Screening for the Gene TIGR/MYOC
TIGR/MYOC Gene Mutations Found in Japanese POAG Patients
Gene Therapy of Cultured Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells
Blood Flow
Optic Nerve Head Blood Flow Measured by Laser-Doppler Flowmetry
Change in the Optic Nerve Head Caused by Endothelin-l-Induced Chronic Ischaemia
Effects of Ifenprodil on Aqueous Dynamics and Ocular Circulation
Perfusion-Map Variations Demonstrate the Activity of the Retinal Autoregulation System in the Human Retina
The Primate Optic Nerve Following Chronic Ischemia
Visual Function
Multifocal Electroretinogram and Visual-Field Defects in Patients with Glaucoma
Association of Blue-on-Yellow Visual Field with Optic Disc and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer
Comparison of Convention al and High-Pass Resolution Perimetry in a Prospective Study of Patient s with Glaucoma and Normal Controls
Third Generation Rapid Algorithms for Static Computerised Perimetry, SITA. Development, Results and Observations
Frequency-Doubling Threshold Perimetry in Glaucoma, Glaucoma Suspect, and Normal Eyes
The Spatial Distribution and Severity of Visual Field Defects in Asians with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma and Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma "
Normal Pressure Glaucoma
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Parapapillary Atrophy in the Chronic Open-Angle Glaucomas
Can Pulsatile Ocular Blood Flow Be a Predictor of Future Visual Field Loss in Normal-Tension Glaucoma?
Changes in the Optic-Nerve Head over Time in Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Role of Trabeculectomy and Calcium-Channel Blockers in the Treatment of Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Angle Closure Glaucoma
Medical Therapy in Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma: a Model for Evaluation of Its Efficacy
Quantitative Ultrasound Biomicroscopy
Medical Therapy
Occurrence of Cystoid Macular Edema in Eyes Treated with Latanoprost: Preliminary Analysis
Cytoskeletal and Cell-Junctional Modulation of Aqueous Outflow
Prostaglandin Effects on the Uveoscleral-Outflow Pathway
A Comparison of the Ocular Hypotensive Efficacy, Safety and Acceptability of Brimonidine 0.2% Twice Daily Versus Pilocarpine 2.0% Thrice Daily as Adjunct Therapy with Beta-Blockers
Surgery
Classification of Developing Filtering Blebs after Trabeculectomy
Surgery
Effects of Irrigation on Mitomycin-C Concentration and Pharmacokinetics Parameters in Rabbit's Eyes
Investigation of the Lectin from the Edible Mushroom Agaricus bisporus as an Inhibitory Modulator of Healing after Trabeculectomy
Non-Penetrating Trabeculectomy with Aspiration of the Inner Wall of Schlemm's Canal and Juxtacanalicular Trabeculum
Non-Penetrating Deep Sclerectomy with Collagen Device Versus Trabeculectomy
Surgery
A Retrospective Analysis of the Incidence of Endophthalmitis in Eyes with Chronic Bleb Leaks
Retinectomy Lowers Intraocular Pressure in Otherwise Intractable Glaucoma. Long-Term Follow-Up
5-Methylurapidil, 8-Iso Prostaglandin E2: New Drugs to Increase Aqueous-Humor Outflow Facility
Aqueous Shunting Procedures Versus Trabeculectomy with Antimetabolites for Surgical Control of Glaucoma: An (International?) Clinical Trial
Can Our Patients Afford Our Scepticism?.