Abstract

DIAZ COMINCHES, Generoso; CAINAS RONDA, Alejandro; JIMENEZ CEPEDA, Rafael  and  NEIRA PELAEZ, Ricardo. Epidemiological characteristics in patients carriers of keratoconus. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 1999, vol.12, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

A study of 73 patients carrieres of keratoconus that attended the Corneal Department of the "Ramón Ferrer" Ophthalmological Teaching Hospital from April, 1996, to December, 1997 was conducted. the frequency of keratoconus was analyzed according to the age gruop, sex, and color of the skin. The age at the onset of the symptoms and at the time of the diagnosis, the existance of associate ocular and systemic diseases and the main symptoms were also taken into consideration. It was found that symptoms appeared at 11 as an average age and the disease was diagnosed at 26. 100 % of the patient had blurred vision as a chief complaint. The general associated diseases that predominated were those of allergic type (42 %). Our study yielded a higher incidence of keratoconus among females (66 %) and white patients (83 %)

Keywords : KERATOCONUS [diagnosis]; VISION DISORDERS [diagnosis]; HYPERSENSITIVITY.

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