Incidence of keratoconus in spring catarrh.

Incidence of keratoconus in spring catarrh.

Five hundred and thirty cases of spring catarrh were studied at the Department of Ophthalmology, Khyber Hospital Peshawar, Pakistan. Corneal complications occurred in 259 patients, of which 48 cases were of keratoconus, consisting of 41 male and seven female patients. Most of the patients affected (37) were between the ages of 10 and 30 years. Six patients developed acute hydrops, which in one ...

Infectious Catarrh of Mice

A natural outbreak of an infectious catarrh in a colony of Swiss mice is reported. The disease was generally characterized by a peculiar chattering sound during life and by a rhinitis, an otitis media, and a pneumonia at autopsy. The pneumonia was slowly progressive and terminated fatally in a high percentage of cases. The mortality in a group of 75 naturally infected mice was 95 per cent over ...

Senile Uterine Catarrh

Incidence and severity of keratoconus in Asir province, Saudi Arabia.

AIM To assess the incidence and associated signs and symptoms of patients with keratoconus in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia. METHODS 125 new keratoconus patients (51 male, 74 female; mean age 18.5 (SD 3.8) years; range 8--28 years) were recruited from referrals to the department of ophthalmology, Asir Central Hospital, over a 1 year period. Age, visual acuity, and keratometry were recorded alon...

The Rational Treatment of Catarrh

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