title: Clinical types of primary angle closure glaucoma.
abstract: There is no internationally adopted terminology for the clinical types of primary angle-closure glaucoma. Descriptions of three clinical types: 1. intermittent angle closure; 2. acute and subacute angle closure; and 3. creeping angle closure are presented with reasons for the division into and naming of these types. Chronic angle closure is not a distinct form but a late derivation from various types of angle closure.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic