@article{833, keywords = {Adult, Eye diseases, Female, Humans, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Nepal}, author = {Brandt F and Kist P and Wos J}, title = {[Ocular findings in leprosy: results of a survey in the Green Pastures Leprosy Hospital, Nepal (author's transl)].}, abstract = {

One hundred and seventy leprous patients underwent ophthalmic examination; of those with tuberculoid leprosy, 49.3% had ocular pathology; in patients with lepromatous leprosy the corresponding figure was 61.4%. 4.7 percent of all eyes examined were blind. Early chemotherapy prevents further complications in tuberculoid leprosy, but not in ;the lepromatous type. The results are compared with those of other authors.

}, year = {1981}, journal = {Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde}, volume = {178}, pages = {55-8}, month = {1981 Jan}, issn = {0023-2165}, doi = {10.1055/s-2008-1055294}, language = {ger}, }