Glaucoma detection with damato multifixation campimetry online.

PurposeTo evaluate Damato Multifixation Campimetry Online (DMCO), a free-of-charge internet-based visual field test. DMCO exists in three versions: DMCO BASIC, DMCO STANDARD, and DMCO ADVANCED. The main focus was (i) to investigate the sensitivity and the specificity of the existing DMCO versions in the detection of glaucomatous visual field loss and (ii) to define and evaluate algorithms for the interpretation of DMCO results.

[Glaucoma patients treated by practicing ophthalmologists in Denmark. Estimated number of patients and the extent of visual field defects].

A test survey based on a questionnaire was carried out among Danish eye practitioners. The response rate was 72%. The purpose was to estimate the minimum number of patients suffering from glaucoma (prevalence).

Fundus fluorescein angiography in generalized scleroderma.

Fundus affliction with generalized scleroderma was studied in 21 patients by ophthalmoscopy, fundus ocular photography and fluorescein angiography. Slitlamp examination of the anterior chamber, the iris and the lens revealed no evident affections. Neither did ophthalmoscopy reveal obvious abnormalities related to scleroderma.

Influence of pregnancy on diabetic retinopathy.

A prospective study of the influence of pregnancy on diabetic retinopathy was started at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen in 1979. At present 145 women with insulin-dependent diabetes have been included. Preliminarily, it seems that women belonging to White classes B and C do not develop persistent retinopathy as a consequence of pregnancy.

Increased central cornea thickness in localized scleroderma (morphoea).

The central cornea thickness (CCT) was measured in 17 patients with localized scleroderma (morphoea) by the Haag-Streit pachymeter. Results were compared with measurements in healthy persons matched with respect to sex and age. CCT was increased (p 0.