Blindness and low vision in leprosy patients in Sichuan Province, China.
The acuity of vision of 2145 leprosy patients was examined. Twenty-six patients had bilateral blindness and 80 had diminution of vision bilaterally, according to WHO's standard. The vision disability rate was 4.94%. In addition, 136 patients (6.34%) had blindness or low vision involving one eye. The causes of blindness and low vision were leukoma and corneal ulcer.
Yang
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J
Sichuan Institute of Dermatology, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Jian
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D
Hu
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Liu
J
J
Wang
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D015351:Vision Screening; D014792:Visual Acuity