A study of ocular complications in leprosy.
Indian J Lepr
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1984 Apr-Jun; 56(2): 241-50
Artigo
em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
A total of 380 leprosy patients were studied in four different leprosy hospitals. The involvement of eye was found in 18.95% of cases in which 10.97% in lepromatous leprosy and 8.16% in non-lepromatous leprosy cases. In total cases studied 52.63% were of lepromatous leprosy and 47.37% of non lepromatous leprosy cases. Among them 11.05% were males and 18.95% were females. In 72 cases of ocular involvement, males constituted 80.56% and females 19.44% of cases. Maximum cases (52.78%) of ocular involvement were in leprosy patient with 5 to 10 years of duration. Blindness among the total leprosy patients studied was 1.84% which was mainly due to corneal opacity following exposure keratitis and ulceration, iridocyclitis and its complications.
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Assunto principal:
Fatores de Tempo
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Doenças da Úvea
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Cegueira
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Adolescente
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Doenças da Túnica Conjuntiva
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Adulto
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Lepr
Assunto da revista:
Tropical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
1984
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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