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. 1979 Apr;63(4):225–227. doi: 10.1136/bjo.63.4.225

Diurnal changes of the intraocular pressure of patients with angle-closure glaucoma.

A Shapiro, H Zauberman
PMCID: PMC1043452  PMID: 571286

Abstract

The diurnal curves of 21 patients (40 eyes) with angle-closure glaucoma and of 21 normotensive subjects (42 eyes) were studied. The patients with angle-closure glaucoma had a V-shaped diurnal curve that was completely different from the diurnal curve of the normotensive subjects. Most of the eyes of the patients with angle-closure glaucoma had a diurnal change of the intraocular pressure of 8 mmHg or more, while in the normotensive subjects only 1 eye had a diurnal change as large as 8 mmHg.

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