title: The proportion of confirmed glaucomas who have a family history of the disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Tuck
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Crick
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors