Axenfeld-Reiger syndrome: A search for the missing links.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (ARS) is a rare cause of congenital glaucoma and may result in loss of vision. ARS is mostly autosomal dominant in nature characterized by developmental abnormalities in the angle of anterior chamber and iris of the eye, also associated with structural abnormalities in the body.

Aim

To study and observe the demographics and clinical findings in a very rare ocular disease known as ARS.

Methods

Case records of symptomatic patients attending Ophthalmology outpatient department and diagnosed to have ocular hypertension or glaucoma in 3 years from March 2017 to March 2020 were evaluated to search for cases diagnosed with ARS. Records of all patients diagnosed with ARS were then analysed for demographic and clinical characterization as we

SUBMITTER: Morya AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10631407 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature