title: Primary spheroidal degeneration of the cornea in Labrador and northern Newfoundland.
abstract: The reported prevalence and severity of primary spheroidal degeneration in Labrador and nothern Newfoundland is based on a survey of 929 patients. The degeneration is associated with man in outdoor occupations and with pinguecula, but not with glaucoma. Ultraviolet radiation is a probable causative factor and prophylaxis using appropriately filtering glass a possibilty.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003315:Cornea / Q000473:pathology; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011625:Pterygium / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013472:Sunlight; D044465:White People