title: [Glaucoma in Munster].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The question was: are all persons with glaukoma in the town of Munster in treatment?
  
  
  METHODS
  The author recorded all patients with glaucoma and were subdivided into the different glaucoma diseases. The author analysed 10 glaucoma screenings of white populations published in the past 30 years and compared these with the glaucoma population in Munster.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of these comparisons are ambiguous. In one survey (Tierp) 50% more POAG patients were found than are known in Munster; another (Baltimore) had the same distribution as Munster.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  With our knowledge about the course of untreated glaucoma, such uncertainty is, in tolerable, and the author suggests that glaucoma screening be offered to part of the population, like cancer screening.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Marner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015351:Vision Screening
vernacular_title: Glaukom in Munster.