TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Blindness
KW - Cornea
KW - Corneal Diseases
KW - Humans
KW - Hypesthesia
KW - Iris
KW - Keratitis
KW - leprosy
KW - Physical Stimulation
KW - Time Factors
KW - Uveitis, Anterior
AU - Karaçorlu M A
AU - Cakiner T
AU - Saylan T
AB - <p>Leprosy is one of the leading causes of corneal hyposensitivity. In this article the corneal sensitivity of 143 leprosy patients was examined, and correlations between corneal hyposensitivity and anterior segment pathology were detected. Twenty four healthy volunteers were examined as controls. Various degrees of corneal loss of sensitivity were found in 46.2% of leprosy patients. Lagophthalmos, chronic lepromatous granulomatous uveitis, iris atrophy, and social blindness were found 4.5-16.6 times more frequently in eyes which developed severe corneal hyposensitivity.</p>
BT - The British journal of ophthalmology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1995039?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1991 Feb
DO - 10.1136/bjo.75.2.117
IS - 2
J2 - Br J Ophthalmol
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Leprosy is one of the leading causes of corneal hyposensitivity. In this article the corneal sensitivity of 143 leprosy patients was examined, and correlations between corneal hyposensitivity and anterior segment pathology were detected. Twenty four healthy volunteers were examined as controls. Various degrees of corneal loss of sensitivity were found in 46.2% of leprosy patients. Lagophthalmos, chronic lepromatous granulomatous uveitis, iris atrophy, and social blindness were found 4.5-16.6 times more frequently in eyes which developed severe corneal hyposensitivity.</p>
PY - 1991
SP - 117
EP - 9
T2 - The British journal of ophthalmology
TI - Corneal sensitivity and correlations between decreased sensitivity and anterior segment pathology in ocular leprosy.
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC504128/pdf/brjopthal00062-0053.pdf
VL - 75
SN - 0007-1161
ER -