Document Details
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Document Type |
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Article In Journal |
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Document Title |
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Chronic Blepharitis التهاب حواف الجفون |
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Document Language |
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English |
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Abstract |
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This is a prospective study to estimate the prevalence of chronic blepharitis among patients visited the ophthalmology clinic in a tertiary care hospital in western Saudi Arabia over six months period. Chronic blepharitis was detected in 89%, 61.4% of them, were females mostly in their second decade of life. About 97.3% of the patients had the anterior type, 44.5% of them had isolated seborrheic blepharitis, 19.6% had isolated Staphylococcal blepharitis and 9% had an isolated Demodex blepharitis. Of all patients, Meibomian gland disease was found in 83%. About 29.7% of the patients were found to have associated seborrheic dermatitis, and 61.3% of them were females. Chronic blepharitis is a very common disease among our population and the most common type is anterior blepharitis mostly the seborrheic type. A larger scale study including different regions in the country is needed to find the predisposing factor for this high prevalence. |
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ISSN |
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1319-1004 |
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Journal Name |
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Medical Science Journal |
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Volume |
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17 |
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Issue Number |
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1 |
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Publishing Year |
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1431 AH
2010 AD |
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Article Type |
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Article |
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Added Date |
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Monday, November 29, 2010 |
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Researchers
| آمال عبد الكريم بخاري | Bukhari, Amal A | Researcher | | aabukhari@kau.edu.sa |
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