title: Diurnal changes of the intraocular pressure of patients with angle-closure glaucoma.
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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged