LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Exfoliation syndrome associated with LOXL1 gene polymorphisms in a Black patient from Latin America: a case report

ABSTRACT A 89-year-old Black female with a 6-year history of advanced open-angle glaucoma was referred to the Glaucoma Service of the Ophthalmology Department - Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/400 in the right eye and 20/60 in the left eye. Pseudoexfoliatio...

Evaluation of anterior segment parameters in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome using Scheimpflug imaging

Gunes, Alime; Yigit, Musa; Tok, Levent; Tok, Ozlem.

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016

ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate anterior segment parameters in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) using Scheimpflug imaging. Methods: Forty-three PXS patients and 43 healthy control subjects were included in this cross-sectional study. All participants underwent a detailed ophthalmologic exam...

Segmento Anterior del Ojo/diagnóstico por imagen, Segmento Anterior del Ojo/patología, Longitud Axial del Ojo/patología, Estudios de Casos y Controles, Estudios Transversales, Diagnóstico por Imagen/métodos, Técnicas de Diagnóstico Oftalmológico, Síndrome de Exfoliación/diagnóstico por imagen, Síndrome de Exfoliación/patología, Glaucoma/patología, Presión Intraocular, Tamaño de los Órganos, Valores de Referencia, Estadísticas no Paramétricas, Agudeza Visual

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