Hegab S M, Amin O M
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1982 May-Jun;19(3):146-51. doi: 10.3928/0191-3913-19820501-08.
A study, which was intended to find out the main causes of defective vision among Kuwaiti students, yielded the following results: The percentage of defective vision among 139,769 Kuwaiti students is 0.099%. Hereditary and genetic causes are responsible for 75.5% of the cases. Recessive inheritance account for 36.2% Autosomal dominant account for 34.3% Sex linked 9.5% Multifactorial 20.0% Forty-nine cases (of the total number of hereditary and genetic cases), i.e., 46.7% are the product of consanguineous marriages. Inflammatory causes account for 20.9%. The most common cause is neglected cases of muco-purulent and purulent conjunctivitis, becoming corneal ulcers and ensuing complications. This accounts for 62.1% of the total number of inflammatory causes. Traumatic, metabolic, and neoplastic causes account for 3.6%. Comparative data between England and Wales, Australia, Cyprus and Lebanon together with recommendations for improvement are discussed.
在139,769名科威特学生中，视力缺陷的比例为0.099%。遗传和基因原因占病例的75.5%。隐性遗传占36.2%，常染色体显性遗传占34.3%，性连锁遗传占9.5%，多因素遗传占20.0%。在遗传和基因病例总数中，有49例，即46.7%是近亲结婚的产物。炎症原因占20.9%。最常见的原因是被忽视的黏液脓性和脓性结膜炎病例，发展为角膜溃疡并引发并发症。这占炎症原因总数的62.1%。创伤、代谢和肿瘤原因占3.6%。文中讨论了英格兰和威尔士、澳大利亚、塞浦路斯和黎巴嫩之间的对比数据以及改进建议。
