title: A study of the relation between intraocular pressure and aqueous humor flow in the pigment dispersion syndrome.
abstract: Forty subjects with pigment dispersion syndrome with and without intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation were compared with 40 age-matched controls. Intraocular pressure, resistance to outflow, and the rate of flow of aqueous humor were compared. Eyes with higher IOP and higher resistance to outflow were found to have a normal rate of aqueous flow. The results are interpreted as demonstrating that moderate and chronic elevation of IOP in the adult human eye does not induce a chronic compensatory reduction of aqueous humor flow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Brubaker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015590:Fluorophotometry; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008875:Middle Aged; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*; D013577:Syndrome; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological