[Retinal involvement in drepanocytosis in Togo. Correlation between age, genotype and retinopathy].

Article

[Retinal involvement in drepanocytosis in Togo. Correlation between age, genotype and retinopathy].

Journal francais d'ophtalmologie - 1 Jan 1997

Balo K P, Fany A, Mihluedo H, Djagnikpo P A, Koffi-Gue K B

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PURPOSE: To evaluate different retinal complications, study correlation with age and links with genotypic forms in Togolese sickle cell patients. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Patients were recruited between 1994 and 1996 at the hospital, genotypic diagnosis by electrophoresis, systematic angiofluorograph...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retinal Diseases
Retinal Neovascularization
Risk Factors
Togo

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