01647nas a2200397   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653000900084653001400093653002600107653002100133653001700154653001300171653002000184653001100204653001100215653001000226653001200236653000900248653001600257653001700273653001900290100001500309700001300324700001600337700001300353700001300366245004800379300001100427490000700438050003200445520075800477022001401235       1984                            d  c1984 Apr-Jun10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aBlindness10aConjunctival Diseases10aCorneal Diseases10aEye diseases10aEyebrows10aEyelid Diseases10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aTime Factors10aUveal Diseases1 aPrasad V N1 aNarain M1 aMukhija R D1 aBist H K1 aKhan M M00aA study of ocular complications in leprosy.  a241-500 v56  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>A total of 380 leprosy patients were studied in four different leprosy hospitals. The involvement of eye was found in 18.95% of cases in which 10.97% in lepromatous leprosy and 8.16% in non-lepromatous leprosy cases. In total cases studied 52.63% were of lepromatous leprosy and 47.37% of non lepromatous leprosy cases. Among them 11.05% were males and 18.95% were females. In 72 cases of ocular involvement, males constituted 80.56% and females 19.44% of cases. Maximum cases (52.78%) of ocular involvement were in leprosy patient with 5 to 10 years of duration. Blindness among the total leprosy patients studied was 1.84% which was mainly due to corneal opacity following exposure keratitis and ulceration, iridocyclitis and its complications.</p>  a0254-9395