January 6, 2017International Journal of OphthalmologyOpen Access

Prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome and its association with ocular and systemic diseases in Eskisehir, Turkey

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NYNilgün YıldırımEskişehir Osmangazi University EYErdoğan YaşarAfyon Kocatepe University HGHüseyin GürsoyEskişehir Osmangazi University

Abstract

This study is the first population-based, randomized trial in Turkey. Prevalence of PEX in patients over 40 years old was found to be 5.0%. Besides glaucoma and cataract, hypertension, hearing loss, using drugs for cardiac and psychiatric diseases were associated with PEX.

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Yıldırım et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e0026d2833447a7e255e08 https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2017.01.21

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