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.
BT - Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7230679?dopt=Abstract DA - 1981 Jan DO - 10.1055/s-2008-1055294 IS - 1 J2 - Klin Monbl Augenheilkd LA - ger N2 -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.
PY - 1981 SP - 55 EP - 8 T2 - Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde TI - [Ocular findings in leprosy: results of a survey in the Green Pastures Leprosy Hospital, Nepal (author's transl)]. VL - 178 SN - 0023-2165 ER -