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Refractive errors in Cameroonians diagnosed with complete oculocutaneous albinism.
[oculocutaneous albinism]
Albinism
causes
significant
eye
morbidity
and
amblyopia
in
children
.
The
aim
of
this
study
was
to
determine
the
refractive
state
in
patients
with
complete
oculocutaneous
albinism
who
were
treated
at
the
Gynaeco-
Obstetric
and
Paediatric
Hospital
,
Yaoundé
,
Cameroon
and
evaluate
its
effect
on
vision
.
We
carried
out
this
retrospective
study
at
the
ophthalmology
unit
of
our
hospital
.
All
oculocutaneous
albino
patients
who
were
treated
between
March
1
,
2003
and
December
31
,
2011
were
included
.
Thirty
-
five
patients
(
70
eyes
)
diagnosed
with
complete
oculocutaneous
albinism
were
enrolled
.
Myopic
astigmatism
was
the
most
common
refractive
error
(
40
%
)
.
Compared
with
myopic
patients
,
those
with
myopic
astigmatism
and
hypermetropic
astigmatism
were
four
and
ten
times
less
likely
,
respectively
,
to
demonstrate
significant
improvement
in
distance
visual
acuity
following
optical
correction
.
Managing
refractive
errors
is
an
important
way
to
reduce
eye
morbidity-associated
low
vision
in
oculocutaneous
albino
patients
.
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"hypermetropic astigmatism were four and ten times less likely"
symptom
oculocutaneous albinism
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