TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Child KW - Eye diseases KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Middle Aged KW - New Guinea AU - Dethlefs R AB -
The prevalence of ocular lesions in patients with leprosy attending the Port Moresby General Hospital leprosy clinic was 52%. The prevalence of potentially sight threatening lesions in these patients was 12%. Their mean age was 26.3 years, and the mean estimated duration of disease was 7.2 years.
BT - The British journal of ophthalmology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7236564?dopt=Abstract DA - 1981 Apr DO - 10.1136/bjo.65.4.223 IS - 4 J2 - Br J Ophthalmol LA - eng N2 -The prevalence of ocular lesions in patients with leprosy attending the Port Moresby General Hospital leprosy clinic was 52%. The prevalence of potentially sight threatening lesions in these patients was 12%. Their mean age was 26.3 years, and the mean estimated duration of disease was 7.2 years.
PY - 1981 SP - 223 EP - 5 T2 - The British journal of ophthalmology TI - Prevalence of ocular manifestations of leprosy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. VL - 65 SN - 0007-1161 ER -