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- Title
Bilateral Primary Congenital Glaucoma in Monozygotic Twins.
- Authors
Ben-Zion, Itay; Bogale, Ameha; Moore, Daniel B.; Helveston, Eugene M.
- Abstract
Primary congenital glaucoma is an uncommon pediatric ocular disease contributing to a disproportionately high percentage of childhood blindness worldwide. This case report describes bilateral primary congenital glaucoma in monozygotic twins who first presented to an ophthalmologist in Ethiopia at 6 years of age. Both had severe, protracted disease, with only moderate improvement after surgical intervention.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; CONGENITAL glaucoma; DISEASES in twins; PEDIATRIC ophthalmology; BLINDNESS in children; OPHTHALMIC surgery
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 2010, Vol 47, Issue 2, p124
- ISSN
0191-3913
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/01913913-20100308-15