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Ocular lesions in sickle cell disease patients from Bahia, Brazil
Cury,Dayse; Boa-Sorte,Ney; Lyra,Isa Menezes; Zanette,Angela Dias; Castro-Lima,Humberto; Galvão-Castro,Bernardo; Gonçalves,Marilda SouzaOBJECTIVE: The present study aims to describe ocular alterations in sickle cell disease patients in Bahia, a Northeast state, with the highest prevalence of the disease in Brazil. METHODS: We carried out a cross-sectional study in a group of 146 (292 eyes) sickle cell disease patients (90 HBSS and 56 HBSC). Ophthalmologic examination including indirect binocular ophthalmoscopy was performed. Examination was com...
Neurocysticercosis presenting with stroke
Castro-Lima,Humberto; Raicher,Irina; Lee,Hae Won; Marchiori,Paulo Euripedes
Ocular lesions in HTLV-1 infected patients from Salvador, State of Bahia: the c...
Rathsam-Pinheiro,Regina Helena; Boa-Sorte,Ney; Castro-Lima-Vargens,Cristina; Pinheiro,Carlos Aldir; Castro-Lima,Humberto; Galvão-Castro,BernardoIn order to determine the prevalence of ocular lesions in HTLV-1 infected patients in Salvador Bahia, a transversal study was conducted on 140 HTLV-1 infected patients (90 asymptomatic and 50 tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy) between June 2004 and November 2005. The ophthalmological examination included visual acuity measurement, ocular motility, biomicroscopy of the anterior and poster...