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Revista Cubana de Oftalmología
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3070
Resumen
RAMIREZ CASTRO, Tomás; LORENZO GONZALEZ, María E. y HERNANDEZ BAGUER, Raisa. Retinitis pigmentosa with recessive inheritance linked to X chromosome. Ophthalmological characterization. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2003, vol.16, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3070.
A prospective study was conducted aimed at describing the behavior of X linked retinitis pigmentosa in the provinces of Havana City and Havana. The most common age groups were 30-44, in Havana City, and 15-29, in Havana. There were 31 cases in the first province with a prevalence rate of 0.014 per 10 000 inhabitants. Guanabacoa was the municipality with the highest rate. 17 cases were observed in Havana with a provincial prevalence of 0.24 per 10 000 inhabitants. Güines municipality had the highest prevalence. The stage-onset relation showed 16 patients in the early onset with 81.2 % in stage III, in Havana City. In Havana, there were 12 with this onset with 33.3 % in stage III and the same figure in stage IV.
Palabras clave : RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; X CHROMOSOME; PREVALENCE.