Exfoliation glaucoma: clinical perspective of a global challenge

Konstas, Anastasios G. P.

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¹ Morrison JC & Green WR. Light microscopy of the exfoiation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl.): 5-27.
² Dimitrakoulias N, Konstas AG, Ringvold A, Stefaniotou M, Tarkkanen A. Exfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmologia 1995;7:329-39.
³ Ritch R. Exfoliation syndrome: the most common identifiable cause of openangle glaucoma. J Glaucoma 1994;3: 176-8.
⁴ Ritch R. Exfoliation syndrome. In: The Glaucomas, eds. Ritch R, Shields MB, Krupin T, 2nd Ed. Mosby, St. Louis 1996;993-1022.
⁵ Konstas AGP, Dimitracoulias N, Konstas PA. Exfoliation syndrome and open angle glaucoma. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 1993a;202:259-68.
⁶ Bertelsen TI. Fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. The so-called senile exfoliation or pseudoexfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1966;44:737-50.
⁷ Layden WE & Shaffer RN. Exfoliation syndrome. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1973;71:128-51.
⁸ Dickson DH & Ramsey MS. Fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. Review of the nature and origin of pseudoexfoliative deposits. Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K 1979;99:284-92.
⁹ Dark AJ & Streeten BAW. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome. In: Gamer A & Klintworth G (eds). Pathobiology of ocular disease. A dynamic approach, Mareel Dekker, New York, 1982;1303-20.
¹⁰ Gifford H. A clinical and pathologic study of exfoliation of the lens capsule. Am J Ophthalmol 1958;46:508-24.
¹¹ Tarkkanen A. Treatment of chronic open-angle glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation. Acta Opthalmol 1965;43:514-23.
¹² Jemdal T. Open angle glaucoma and the pseudoexfoliation syndrome. In: Caims JE (ed). Glaucoma. Grune & Stratton, London. 1986;661 - 77.
¹³ Forsius H. Exfoliation syndrome in various ethnic populations. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Supp1):71-85.
¹⁴ Sunde AO. On the so called exfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. A clinical and anatomical study. Acta Ophthalmol Suppl 1956;45:7-85.
¹⁵ Aasved H. The geographic distribution of fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis, so-called senile exfoliation, or pseudoexfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1969;792-810.
¹⁶ Ringvold A, Blika S, Elsas T et al. The Middle-Norway eye screening study. I. Epidemiology of pseudo-exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;66:652-8.
¹⁷ Konstas AG & Allan D. Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma in Greece. Eye 1989;3:747-53.
¹⁸ Stefaniotou M, Petroutsos G, Psilas K. The frequency of pseudoexfoliation in a region of Greece (Epirus). Acta Ophthalmol 1990;68:307-9.
¹⁹ Thorbum W. The outcome of visual function in capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl):132-7.
²⁰ Raivio I. Number of glaucoma patiens in Finland in the year 2010. Acta Ophthalmol 1987;182(Suppl):21-23.
²¹ Aasved H. The frequency of fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis (so called senile exfoliation or pseudoexfoliation) in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1971a;49:194-209.
²² Konstas AGP, Dimitrakoulias N, Kourtzidou O et al. Frequency of exfoliation syndrome in Greek cataract patients. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1996;74:478-82.
²³ Konstas AGP, Tsatsos I, Kardasopoulos A, Bufidis T, Maskaleris G. Preoperative features of patients with exfoliation glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma. The AHEPA study. Acta Ophthalmol 1997;(in press).
²⁴ Konstas AGP, Jay JL, Marshall GE, Lee WR. Prevalence, diagnostic features and response to trabeculectomy in exfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1993b;100:619-27.
²⁵ Kozart DM & Yanoff M. intraocular pressure status in 100 consecutive patients with exfoliation syndrome. Ophthalmology 1982;89:214-8.
²⁶ Konstas AGP. Morphological and clinical studies on the exfoliation syndrome and open angle glaucoma. Glasgow. PhD Thesis 1993;1-364.
²⁷ Henry JC, Krupin T, Schmitt M et al. Long-term follow-up of pseudoexfoliation and the development of elevated intraocular pressure. Ophthalmology 1987;94:545-52.
²⁸ Tarkkanen AH. Pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1962;71 (Suppl):9-98.
²⁹ Hansen E & Sellevold OJ. Pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. 11. Development of the exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1969;47:161-73.
³⁰ Pohjanpelto P. Long term prognosis of visual field in glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. Acta Ophthalmol 1985;63:418-23.
³¹ Montanes JM, Serna AA, Paredes AA. Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in patients with open-angle glaucoma in the northwest of Spain. Acta Ophthalmol 1990;68:695-9.
³² Brooks AMV & Gillies WE. The presentation and prognosis of glaucoma in pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Ophthalmology 1988;95:271-76.
³³ Konstas AGP, Ritch R, Bufidis T et al. Exfoliation syndrome in a 17-year-old girl. Arch Ophthalmol 1997d;115:1063-7.
³⁴ Lindblom B & Thorburn W. Observed incidence of glaucoma in Halsingland, Sweden. Acta Ophthalmol 1984a;62:217-22.
³⁵ Lindblom B & Thorburn W. Functional damage at diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1984;62:223-9.
³⁶ Aasved H. Intraocular pressure in eyes with and without fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. Acta Ophthalmol 1971b;49:601-10.
³⁷ Gillies WE & Brooks AMV. The presentation of acute glaucoma in pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1988;16:101-6.
³⁸ Wishart PK, Spaeth GL & Poryzees EM. Anterior chamber angle in the exfoliation syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol 1985;69:103-7.
³⁹ Sampaolesi R, Zarate J, Croxato O. The chamber angle in exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988; 184(Suppl):48-53.
⁴⁰ Gillies WE. Corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertention in pseudo-exfoliation of lens capsule. Am J Ophthalmol 1970;70:90-5.
⁴¹ Gillies WE. Secondary glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Trans Opthalmol Soc U K 1978;98:96-100.
⁴² Granstrom PA. Progression of visual field defects in glaucoma. Relation to compliance with pilocarpine therapy. Arch Ophthalmol 1985;103:529-31.
⁴³ Konstas AGP, Stewart WC, Stroman GA, Sine CS. Clinical presentation and initial treatment patterns in patients with exfoliation glaucoma versus primary open-angle glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1997a;28:111-7.
⁴⁴ Olivius E & Thorburn W. Prognosis of glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. A comparative study. Acta Ophthalmol 1978;56:921-34.
⁴⁵ Konstas AGP, Mantziris DA, Stewart WC. Diurnal intraocular pressure in untreated exfoliation and primary open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol 1997b;115:182-5.
⁴⁶ Konstas AGP, Mantziris DA, Cate EA, Stewart WC. Effect of timolol on the diurnal intraocular pressure in exfoliation and primary open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol 1997c;l15:975-9.
⁴⁷ Weber J, Koll W, Krieglstein G. Intraocular pressure and visual decay in chronic glaucoma. German J Ophthalmol 1993;2:165-9.
⁴⁸ Stewart WC, Chorak RP, Hunt HH, Sethuraman G. Factors associated with visual loss in patients with advanced glaucomatous changes in the optic nerve head. Am J Ophthalmol 1993;116:176-81.
⁴⁹ Aasved H, Seland JH, Slagsvold JE. Timolol maleate in treatment of open angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1979;57:700-8.
⁵⁰ Airaksinen PJ. The long term hypotensive effect of timolol maleate compared with the effect of pilocarpine in simple and capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1979;57:425-34.
⁵¹ Blika S & Saunte E. Timolol maleate in the treatment of glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. Acta Ophthalmol 1982;60:967-76.
⁵² Tuulonen A, Airaksinen P & Kuulasmaa K. Factors influencing the outcome of laser trabeculoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol 1985;99:388-91.
⁵³ Svedbergh B. Argon laser trabeculoplasty in capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl):141-7.
⁵⁴ Psilas K, Prevezas D, Petroutsos G, Kitsos G & Katsougiannopoulos V. Comparative study of Argon laser trabeculoplasty in primary open-angle and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmologica 1989;198:57-63.
⁵⁵ Higginbotham EJ & Richardson TM. Response of exfoliation glaucoma to laser trabeculoplasty. Br J Ophthalmol 1986;70:837-9.
⁵⁶ Jerndal T & Lundstrom M. 330 trabeculectomies-a follow up study through 1/ 2-3 years. Acta Ophthalmol 1977;55:52-62.
⁵⁷ Tornqvist G & Drolsum LK. Trabeculectomies. A long-term study. Acta Ophthalmologica 1991;69:450-4.

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[1] ¹ Morrison JC & Green WR. Light microscopy of the exfoiation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl.): 5-27.

[2] ² Dimitrakoulias N, Konstas AG, Ringvold A, Stefaniotou M, Tarkkanen A. Exfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmologia 1995;7:329-39.

[3] ³ Ritch R. Exfoliation syndrome: the most common identifiable cause of openangle glaucoma. J Glaucoma 1994;3: 176-8.

[4] ⁴ Ritch R. Exfoliation syndrome. In: The Glaucomas, eds. Ritch R, Shields MB, Krupin T, 2nd Ed. Mosby, St. Louis 1996;993-1022.

[5] ⁵ Konstas AGP, Dimitracoulias N, Konstas PA. Exfoliation syndrome and open angle glaucoma. Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd 1993a;202:259-68.

[6] ⁶ Bertelsen TI. Fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. The so-called senile exfoliation or pseudoexfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1966;44:737-50.

[7] ⁷ Layden WE & Shaffer RN. Exfoliation syndrome. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1973;71:128-51.

[8] ⁸ Dickson DH & Ramsey MS. Fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. Review of the nature and origin of pseudoexfoliative deposits. Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K 1979;99:284-92.

[9] ⁹ Dark AJ & Streeten BAW. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome. In: Gamer A & Klintworth G (eds). Pathobiology of ocular disease. A dynamic approach, Mareel Dekker, New York, 1982;1303-20.

[10] ¹⁰ Gifford H. A clinical and pathologic study of exfoliation of the lens capsule. Am J Ophthalmol 1958;46:508-24.

[11] ¹¹ Tarkkanen A. Treatment of chronic open-angle glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation. Acta Opthalmol 1965;43:514-23.

[12] ¹² Jemdal T. Open angle glaucoma and the pseudoexfoliation syndrome. In: Caims JE (ed). Glaucoma. Grune & Stratton, London. 1986;661 - 77.

[13] ¹³ Forsius H. Exfoliation syndrome in various ethnic populations. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Supp1):71-85.

[14] ¹⁴ Sunde AO. On the so called exfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. A clinical and anatomical study. Acta Ophthalmol Suppl 1956;45:7-85.

[15] ¹⁵ Aasved H. The geographic distribution of fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis, so-called senile exfoliation, or pseudoexfoliation of the anterior lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1969;792-810.

[16] ¹⁶ Ringvold A, Blika S, Elsas T et al. The Middle-Norway eye screening study. I. Epidemiology of pseudo-exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;66:652-8.

[17] ¹⁷ Konstas AG & Allan D. Pseudoexfoliation glaucoma in Greece. Eye 1989;3:747-53.

[18] ¹⁸ Stefaniotou M, Petroutsos G, Psilas K. The frequency of pseudoexfoliation in a region of Greece (Epirus). Acta Ophthalmol 1990;68:307-9.

[19] ¹⁹ Thorbum W. The outcome of visual function in capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl):132-7.

[20] ²⁰ Raivio I. Number of glaucoma patiens in Finland in the year 2010. Acta Ophthalmol 1987;182(Suppl):21-23.

[21] ²¹ Aasved H. The frequency of fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis (so called senile exfoliation or pseudoexfoliation) in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1971a;49:194-209.

[22] ²² Konstas AGP, Dimitrakoulias N, Kourtzidou O et al. Frequency of exfoliation syndrome in Greek cataract patients. Acta Ophthalmol Scand 1996;74:478-82.

[23] ²³ Konstas AGP, Tsatsos I, Kardasopoulos A, Bufidis T, Maskaleris G. Preoperative features of patients with exfoliation glaucoma and primary open-angle glaucoma. The AHEPA study. Acta Ophthalmol 1997;(in press).

[24] ²⁴ Konstas AGP, Jay JL, Marshall GE, Lee WR. Prevalence, diagnostic features and response to trabeculectomy in exfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1993b;100:619-27.

[25] ²⁵ Kozart DM & Yanoff M. intraocular pressure status in 100 consecutive patients with exfoliation syndrome. Ophthalmology 1982;89:214-8.

[26] ²⁶ Konstas AGP. Morphological and clinical studies on the exfoliation syndrome and open angle glaucoma. Glasgow. PhD Thesis 1993;1-364.

[27] ²⁷ Henry JC, Krupin T, Schmitt M et al. Long-term follow-up of pseudoexfoliation and the development of elevated intraocular pressure. Ophthalmology 1987;94:545-52.

[28] ²⁸ Tarkkanen AH. Pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Acta Ophthalmol 1962;71 (Suppl):9-98.

[29] ²⁹ Hansen E & Sellevold OJ. Pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. 11. Development of the exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1969;47:161-73.

[30] ³⁰ Pohjanpelto P. Long term prognosis of visual field in glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. Acta Ophthalmol 1985;63:418-23.

[31] ³¹ Montanes JM, Serna AA, Paredes AA. Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma in patients with open-angle glaucoma in the northwest of Spain. Acta Ophthalmol 1990;68:695-9.

[32] ³² Brooks AMV & Gillies WE. The presentation and prognosis of glaucoma in pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Ophthalmology 1988;95:271-76.

[33] ³³ Konstas AGP, Ritch R, Bufidis T et al. Exfoliation syndrome in a 17-year-old girl. Arch Ophthalmol 1997d;115:1063-7.

[34] ³⁴ Lindblom B & Thorburn W. Observed incidence of glaucoma in Halsingland, Sweden. Acta Ophthalmol 1984a;62:217-22.

[35] ³⁵ Lindblom B & Thorburn W. Functional damage at diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1984;62:223-9.

[36] ³⁶ Aasved H. Intraocular pressure in eyes with and without fibrillopathia epitheliocapsularis. Acta Ophthalmol 1971b;49:601-10.

[37] ³⁷ Gillies WE & Brooks AMV. The presentation of acute glaucoma in pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1988;16:101-6.

[38] ³⁸ Wishart PK, Spaeth GL & Poryzees EM. Anterior chamber angle in the exfoliation syndrome. Br J Ophthalmol 1985;69:103-7.

[39] ³⁹ Sampaolesi R, Zarate J, Croxato O. The chamber angle in exfoliation syndrome. Acta Ophthalmol 1988; 184(Suppl):48-53.

[40] ⁴⁰ Gillies WE. Corticosteroid-induced ocular hypertention in pseudo-exfoliation of lens capsule. Am J Ophthalmol 1970;70:90-5.

[41] ⁴¹ Gillies WE. Secondary glaucoma associated with pseudoexfoliation of the lens capsule. Trans Opthalmol Soc U K 1978;98:96-100.

[42] ⁴² Granstrom PA. Progression of visual field defects in glaucoma. Relation to compliance with pilocarpine therapy. Arch Ophthalmol 1985;103:529-31.

[43] ⁴³ Konstas AGP, Stewart WC, Stroman GA, Sine CS. Clinical presentation and initial treatment patterns in patients with exfoliation glaucoma versus primary open-angle glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1997a;28:111-7.

[44] ⁴⁴ Olivius E & Thorburn W. Prognosis of glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. A comparative study. Acta Ophthalmol 1978;56:921-34.

[45] ⁴⁵ Konstas AGP, Mantziris DA, Stewart WC. Diurnal intraocular pressure in untreated exfoliation and primary open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol 1997b;115:182-5.

[46] ⁴⁶ Konstas AGP, Mantziris DA, Cate EA, Stewart WC. Effect of timolol on the diurnal intraocular pressure in exfoliation and primary open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol 1997c;l15:975-9.

[47] ⁴⁷ Weber J, Koll W, Krieglstein G. Intraocular pressure and visual decay in chronic glaucoma. German J Ophthalmol 1993;2:165-9.

[48] ⁴⁸ Stewart WC, Chorak RP, Hunt HH, Sethuraman G. Factors associated with visual loss in patients with advanced glaucomatous changes in the optic nerve head. Am J Ophthalmol 1993;116:176-81.

[49] ⁴⁹ Aasved H, Seland JH, Slagsvold JE. Timolol maleate in treatment of open angle glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1979;57:700-8.

[50] ⁵⁰ Airaksinen PJ. The long term hypotensive effect of timolol maleate compared with the effect of pilocarpine in simple and capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1979;57:425-34.

[51] ⁵¹ Blika S & Saunte E. Timolol maleate in the treatment of glaucoma simplex and glaucoma capsulare. Acta Ophthalmol 1982;60:967-76.

[52] ⁵² Tuulonen A, Airaksinen P & Kuulasmaa K. Factors influencing the outcome of laser trabeculoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol 1985;99:388-91.

[53] ⁵³ Svedbergh B. Argon laser trabeculoplasty in capsular glaucoma. Acta Ophthalmol 1988;184(Suppl):141-7.

[54] ⁵⁴ Psilas K, Prevezas D, Petroutsos G, Kitsos G & Katsougiannopoulos V. Comparative study of Argon laser trabeculoplasty in primary open-angle and pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. Ophthalmologica 1989;198:57-63.

[55] ⁵⁵ Higginbotham EJ & Richardson TM. Response of exfoliation glaucoma to laser trabeculoplasty. Br J Ophthalmol 1986;70:837-9.

[56] ⁵⁶ Jerndal T & Lundstrom M. 330 trabeculectomies-a follow up study through 1/ 2-3 years. Acta Ophthalmol 1977;55:52-62.

[57] ⁵⁷ Tornqvist G & Drolsum LK. Trabeculectomies. A long-term study. Acta Ophthalmologica 1991;69:450-4.

Exfoliation glaucoma: clinical perspective of a global challenge

Glaucoma pseudo-exfoliativo: perspectivas clínicas de um desafio global

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