Ocular findings in Saudi Arabian patients with sickle cell disease.
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Ocular findings in Saudi Arabian patients with sickle cell disease.
AIM This study was set up to determine whether or not retinal changes occur in sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabian subjects with either the Benin, which exists in the south western part of the kingdom, or Asian haplotypes in the east, and to compare the findings with those in sickle cell disease in Jamaica. METHODS Retinal examination and fluorescein angiography were performed in 61 patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.79.5.457