UŞAQLARDA MÜXTƏLİF SİNDROMLAR ZAMANI PİQMENTLİ RETİNİT

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SUMMARY

Aim - to study the frequency of occurrence of retinitis pigmentosa, analysis of the characteristics of retinitis
pigmentosa in various syndromes.

Material and methods
The studies were conducted among patients who passed through the commission of pediatric medical
examination of the National Centre of Ophthalmology named after acad. Zarifa Aliyeva for 2018. So, among 1485
patients who underwent examination, 230 revealed retinitis pigmentosa. The age of patients varied among 3-15
years. Ofthese 125 (54.3%) are girls, 105 (45.7%) are boys.

Results
Of the 230 patients included in the study, 45 (20%) at the time of the examination revealed blindness, 100
children (43%) had low vision, and 85 (37%) had normal vision.
From the anamnesis follows that 186 patients with retinitis pigmentosa had consanguineuos marriages among
parents.
From the obtained results it was revealed that 7 patients had various syndromes: 3 had Usher syndrome, and 4
had Bardet Biedl syndrome.

Conclusion
Thus, the results suggest that retinitis pigmentosa being the cause of blindness and low vision, plays an important
role in the occurrence of disability. The fact that the disease is related to family marriages indicates the severity of
the problem.