Cupping of the optic disc in the jamaican population
West Indian med. j
;
37(1): 25-30, Mar. 1988. tab
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in English
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| ID: lil-70175
ABSTRACT
The cup/disc ratio of the optic nerves of 289 normal eyes of 145 persons were studied. The frequency of wide physiological cups in a Jamaican group was compared with eight other groups. The Jamaican group had an incidence of wide physiologicval cups that exceeded that of the others by two or there times. This high incidence of wide cups in the normal Jamican population has profound implications for the management of glaucoma in Jamica. The high incidence of wide, non-glaucomatous, cupping can be explained on the basis of racial factors
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Optic Disk
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Optic Nerve
Limits:
Adolescent
/
Adult
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
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Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1988
Type:
Article
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