title: A comparison of the blue color mechanism in high- and low-tension glaucoma.
abstract: Twenty-five eyes of 25 high-tension glaucoma patients and 25 eyes of 25 low-tension glaucoma patients matched for similar visual field defects had their spectral increment threshold measured. Patients with high-tension glaucoma showed significant losses in both chromatic and achromatic sensitivities when compared with low-tension glaucoma patients. The results support the hypothesis that there may be different mechanisms of damage in glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lakowski
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Drance
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012684:Sensory Thresholds