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PREVALENCE OF ELEVATED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN A SAMPLE OF IRAQI POPULATION WITH PSEUDOEXFOLIATION SYNDROME
Dr. Ahmed Mumtaz Raoof* , Ghassan Dawood Taha and Omar Ibrahim Mohammed
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Aim of study: to calculate the frequency of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXF). Patients and methods: hospital based descriptive study conducted in Ibn Al-Haitham teaching eye hospital in the period from July 2013 to October 2013, measurement of IOP by applanation tonometry done to patients having PXF identified by slit lamp examination. Results: One hundred twenty five patients (n=125) having PXF identified by slit lamp examination. Thirty-two cases (32) with PXF had high IOP (? 21 mmHg); percentage of them is 25.6 %. Conclusion: the prevalence of elevated IOP among patients with PXF found to be 25.6 %.
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