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. 2021 Mar 11;4:48. doi: 10.1038/s41746-021-00417-4

Table 4.

Classification for glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

Classification Clinical features
Unlikely glaucomatous optic neuropathy No sign of the conditions below
Probable glaucomatous optic neuropathy Any conditions of the following:
0.7 ≤ VCDR < 0.85;
general rim thinning ≥60° or localized rim
thinning <60° (11 to 1 o´clock or 5 to 7 o´clock);
RNFL defects;
peripapillary hemorrhages.
Definite Glaucomatous optic neuropathy Any conditions of the following:
VCDR ≥ 0.85;
localized notches;
RNFL defect corresponds to narrowing of rim or localized notches.

RNFL retinal nerve fiber layer, VCDR vertical cup-disc ratio.