TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Brazil KW - Conjunctival Diseases KW - Corneal Diseases KW - Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological KW - Eye diseases KW - Eye Infections, Bacterial KW - Eyebrows KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Iris Diseases KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Reflex, Pupillary KW - Scleral Diseases KW - Vision Disorders KW - Visual Acuity AU - Oréfice F AU - Boratto L M AB -

This study is based upon the observation f 363 leprosy patients having different types of the disease. At the time of the examination, we did not have any previous knowledge about the type of leprosy the patients were having. Thus, the eye examination was done without the knowledge of clinical diagnosis. The ocular examination protocol covered the following: visual activity, facial muscle function, eyebrows, eyelashes, lacrimal system, pupil, eye motility, corneal sensitivity, Schirmir's test and study of the anterior segment of the ocular bulb with a slit-lamp. The study patients included 275 cases of lepromatous leprosy, 57 tuberculoid, 29 indeterminate and two dimorphous cases. The age of the patients ranged between 18 and 82 years, and 229 of them were males. Among those patients, 183 were whites, 23 were black and 157 were mulatto.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9724854?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1998 Apr-Jun IS - 2 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

This study is based upon the observation f 363 leprosy patients having different types of the disease. At the time of the examination, we did not have any previous knowledge about the type of leprosy the patients were having. Thus, the eye examination was done without the knowledge of clinical diagnosis. The ocular examination protocol covered the following: visual activity, facial muscle function, eyebrows, eyelashes, lacrimal system, pupil, eye motility, corneal sensitivity, Schirmir's test and study of the anterior segment of the ocular bulb with a slit-lamp. The study patients included 275 cases of lepromatous leprosy, 57 tuberculoid, 29 indeterminate and two dimorphous cases. The age of the patients ranged between 18 and 82 years, and 229 of them were males. Among those patients, 183 were whites, 23 were black and 157 were mulatto.

PY - 1998 SP - 189 EP - 95 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Clinical ocular study in leprosy patients at a sanitary dermatological hospital in Brazil. VL - 70 SN - 0254-9395 ER -