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. 2002 Dec;86(12):1367-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.12.1367.

Heart defects and ocular anomalies in children with Down's syndrome

N R Bromham  1 , J M Woodhouse, M Cregg, E Webb, W I Fraser
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Heart defects and ocular anomalies in children with Down's syndrome

N R Bromham et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Dec.

Abstract

Aims: To investigate whether ocular anomalies are associated with congenital heart defects in children with Down's syndrome.

Methods: 58 children with Down's syndrome were entered into a retrospective observational study. Children were assigned to heart defect groups based on medical records. Optometric tests had previously been carried out at the homes of the children.

Results: A relation between congenital cardiac defects, myopia, and nystagmus was observed. Heart problems were not related to accommodative insufficiency, hyperopia, or strabismus.

Conclusion: In children with Down's syndrome heart defects were associated with both myopia and nystagmus.

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