منابع مشابه
Aetiology of climatic droplet keratopathy and pterygium.
The association of various personal, occupational, and environmental factors with climatic droplet keratopathy and pterygium was examined in a group of Australian Aborigines. Climatic droplet keratopathy was seen especially in aboriginal males who had worked as stockmen for more than 20 years. Although no definite association with a single causal factor could be made, there is circumstantial ev...
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During a countrywide survey we assessed the prevalence of climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK) in a randomised sample of 2446 subjects representative of the population of the Republic of Djibouti. The investigation of the relationship between CDK and two diseases considered to be related to exposure to ultra-violet light--namely, exfoliation syndrome and cataract--was planned as a case control st...
متن کاملPro-inflammatory cytokines and gelatinases in climatic droplet keratopathy.
PURPOSE Climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK) is a degenerative disease of the cornea with possible involvement from matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Therefore, the authors investigated histologic distribution, levels, and molecular forms of MMP-2 and MMP-9, as well as tear fluid levels of MMPs and cytokines in CDK patients. They additionally examined UV-B-irradiation effect on production of gela...
متن کاملGenetic Background and Climatic Droplet Keratopathy Incidence in a Mapuche Population from Argentina
PURPOSE To determine whether the incidence of and susceptibility to climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK), an acquired, often bilateral degenerative corneal disease, is influenced by the genetic background of the individuals who exhibit the disorder. METHODS To determine whether the disease expression was influenced by the genetic ancestry of CDK cases in native Mapuche of the northwest area of ...
متن کاملGenetic Background and Climatic Droplet Keratopathy Incidence in a Mapuche Population from Argentina: A Case-Control Study
Background: Climatic droplet keratopathy (CDK) is a rare acquired, often bilateral, degenerative corneal disease that frequently occurs in certain indigenous populations chronically exposed to harsh environmental conditions. We investigated whether the incidence of and susceptibility to the disease was influenced by the genetic ancestry of Mapuche Indians from the northwest area of Patagonia in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0814-9763,1440-1606
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1981.tb01013.x