Η ΣΥΧΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΨΕΥΔΟΑΠΟΦΟΛΙΔΩΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ

PSEUDOEXFOLIATION IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE DEPOSITION OF GREY FLAKES ON VARIOUS INTRAOCULAR STRUCTURES ESPECIALLY AT THE ANTERIOR SEGMENT. LINDBERG IN 1917 HASFIRST DESCRIBED THE CONDITION. IT IS FOUND TO OCCUR MORE COMMONLY IN SCANDINAVIA, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, GREECE ET.AL. THE NATURE AND MODE OF INHERITANCE OF EXFOLIATION REMAINS UNCLEAR. THE BIOCHEMICAL NATURE IS STILL UNKNOWN. IT COULD BE PRODUCED BY THE IRIS AND CILIARY EPITHELIUM GLAUCOMA FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANIES THE SYNDROME. OUR STUDY WAS COMPRISED BY 1415 PATIENTS ALL OF WHOM WERE INHABITANTS OF HEPIRUS. THE PREVALENCE FOR THIS AREA WAS 20%. PSEUDOEXFOLIATION IS A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, MORE FREQUENTLY FOUND IN THE OLDER PEOPLE. 40% OF THE PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION HAD OCULAR HYPERTENTION. PATIENTS WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION WHO HAD EXFOLIATION MATERIAL AND HIGH DEGREE OF PIGMENTATION AT THE ANGLE,HAD MORE FREQUENTLY OCULAR HYPERTENSION.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Ioannina

Year dc:date

1989

Author dc:creator

• Στεφανιώτου, Μαρία

• Επιδημιολογία
• Ψευδοαποφολίδωση
• Ψυεδοαποφολιδωτικό γλαύκωμα
• CAPSULAR GLAUCOMA
• Frequency
• Pseudoexfoliation
• Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Κλινική Ιατρική
• Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Clinical Medicine
• Health Sciences

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/1079

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/1079