1.
Int Ophthalmol
; 12(1): 9-14, 1988.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3065271
ABSTRACT
History of 'ophthalmia' is as old as history itself; no race or community is immune to it. There were times when blinding trachoma took a form of disastrous epidemics. The historical and recent literature are reviewed in this paper.
Subject(s)
Trachoma/history , Europe , History, 15th Century , History, 16th Century , History, 17th Century , History, 18th Century , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, Ancient , History, Medieval , Humans , Middle East , Trachoma/microbiology
2.
J Neurol Sci
; 76(1): 105-21, 1986 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3465874
ABSTRACT
A Bedouin family is described with an unusual form of spinocerebellar degeneration. Spastic ataxia was found to be associated with congenital cataracts, macular corneal dystrophy and non-axial myopia, in the absence of retardation of somatic or mental maturation. Immunological abnormalities were common. Genetic analysis revealed that the pedigree is expressing the transmission and segregation of a single mutant autosomal recessive gene.