Abstract

LABRADA RODRIGUEZ, Yunia H; FLORES PEREZ, Daysi  and  GONZALEZ HESS, Luisa. Screening of juvenile glaucoma in the province of Las Tunas: A preliminary study . Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2002, vol.15, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.

The results of the ophthalmological screening carried out among 1 728 patients under 19 are shown. The diagnosis of juvenile glaucoma was corroborated in 22 of them. Patients were grouped according to age, sex, fundus of the eye, central and peripheral vision. The age group 15-19 was the most affected. Both sexes were similarly affected in this group. Patients with excavation 0.4-0.5 predominated in the series. An early diagnosis was made in 100 % of the cases

Keywords : GLAUCOMA [diagnosis]; GLAUCOMA [epidemiology]; DATA COLLECTION; BLINDNESS [prevention & control]; ADOLESCENCE.