title: [Hyperplastic connective tissue syndrome in patients with high myopia].
abstract: A conventional ophthalmologic and special somatic examination was carried out in 50 patients with myopia and 30 patients of the control group to determine hypermobility of joints by 9-point scale. Hypermobility of joints in patients with myopia was estimated at 5.95 points and in patients in the control group--2.7 points. All the patients with high myopia showed 12 various additional features of connective tissue hyperelasticity, on the average, with no more than 4 such features in the control group. It is suggested that hereditary predisposition to hyperelasticity of connective tissue determines a particular inclination of the sclera to overextension. This plays a definite role in appearance and progress of axial myopia.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Lutsevich
authors.forename: L Iu
authors.initials: LIu
authors.lastname: Plekhova
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Borodina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome