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Ophthalmologica ; 215(3): 212-6, 2001.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11340394

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: We undertook this study with the aim to determine static ametropias of black Cameroonians as well as their clinical manifestations. It is a prospective study carried out in the Department of Ophthalmology of Douala General Hospital from January 1996 to December 1998. PATIENTS AND METHOD: During this period, all patients who fulfilled our criteria had a skiascopy done under cycloplegia. We thus examined 2,484 patients (4,968 eyes). 66.2% of them were female and 33.8% were male. RESULTS: In our series, hyperopia was found in 51% of the cases, hyperopic astigmatism in 27.5% of the cases, myopic astigmatism in 9.3% of cases, mixed astigmatism in 7.7% of cases and myopia in 4.5% of cases. Distribution of ametropias is influenced by age, not by sex or laterality. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Functional signs just have an indicative value; only objective refraction under cycloplegia can determine exactly the ametropia.


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Astigmatism/ethnology , Black People , Hyperopia/ethnology , Myopia/ethnology , Adolescent , Adult , Astigmatism/diagnosis , Cameroon/epidemiology , Child , Child, Preschool , Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological , Female , Humans , Hyperopia/diagnosis , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Myopia/diagnosis , Prospective Studies
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