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  • Title: [Congenital malformations of the eyeball and its appendices in Zaire].
    Author: Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo D, Mwilambwe Wa Mwilambwe A, Kayembe DL, Leys A, Missotten L.
    Journal: Bull Soc Belge Ophtalmol; 1994; 254():165-70. PubMed ID: 7493117.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: to determine the epidemiology of congenital eye malformations. METHODS: the records of 1740 patients (1913 eyes) with congenital eye malformations seen from 1962 through 1992 were reviewed. RESULTS: the prevalence rate of congenital eye malformations was 2.2%. Congenital cataract (38%), atresia of the naso-lacrimal duct (10%), congenital glaucoma (9%), congenital ptosis (8%), microphthalmos (8%), albinism of iris (8%), microcornea (7%) were the most frequent eye malformations. The common types of associated malformations included albinism, microcephaly, cardiopathy and anomalies of ears. CONCLUSION: the findings of this study were similar to those published in Europe and United States.
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