[Ocular albinism in pediatric patients with nystagmus]

Autor: Agnieszka, Trzebicka, Grazyna, Sarti, Beata, Kocyła-Karczmarewicz, Mirosława, Grałek, Jadwiga, Juszko, Waldemar, Szapłyko
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Klinika oczna. 108(4-6)
ISSN: 0023-2157
Popis: Presentation of diagnostic methods and results obtained in childre with nystagmus, with suspicion of ocular albinism.Records of 9 children (range 0.2 to 5.5 years) are presented. In all cases family history, ophthalmic examination and visual evoked potentials were analyzed.Clinical signs of ocular albinism were found in all patients. 2 children had cutaneous albinism, VEP records of 7 children indicated abnormalities typical for albinism, clinical signs of gene carrying were found in 7 mothers.Clinical signs enable us to diagnose ocular albinism with relatively high probability, nevertheless characteristic VEP records confirm diagnosis in clinically difficult cases.
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