The proportion of confirmed glaucomas who have a family history of the disease.
In a large survey of glaucoma detection in practice, only 46 (10%) of 465 confirmed glaucomas had a family history of the disease. Together with other studies, this indicates that family screening would fail to detect the large majority of glaucoma cases.
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D005192:Family Health; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors