Refractive errors and strabismus in children with laurence-moon-biedl syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the ocular and refractive findings in patients with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome.


METHODS
Seventeen patients with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome were evaluated retrospectively. All children underwent complete ophthalmologic examination.


RESULTS
Of the patients evaluated, 88.2% had an ocular or refractive finding, 58.8% had myopia (degenerative in three cases), 52.9% had astigmatism, 11.7% had an-isometropia, 17.6% had strabismus, 11.7% had retinitis pigmentosa, 5.9% had keratoconus, 5.9% had optic atrophy, and 5.9% had nystagmus.


CONCLUSIONS
Early and regular ophthalmologic assessment is required to prevent visual loss as a result of amblyogenic factors in children with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome.
Department of Pediatric Opthalmology, Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.
Arsen
A
Akinci
Ozgur
O
Oner
Zeynep
Z
Aktas
Ergun
E
Cetinkaya
Zehra
Z
Aycan
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019781:Corneal Topography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007849:Laurence-Moon Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013285:Strabismus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity