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Br J Ophthalmol 87:1065-1068 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.9.1065
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Causes of blindness at the “Wiyata Guna” School for the Blind, Indonesia

Table 4

Predominant causes of blindness attributed to genetic/hereditary disease

Europe Eastern Mediterranean Asia
UK Denmark Iceland Saudi Arabia Cyprus Srilanka Thailands and Philippines China India Indonesia
*Of the hereditary cases; without *= of the total cases; †no detailed data.
PCG = primary congenital glaucoma.
Number with genetic cases (%) 26 35 35 84 80 35 16.8 30.7 22.9 42.4
Retinal dystrophies (%) 43* 48* 0* 32* 39* 56.5* 41.5* most*,† 79.9* 48.6*
Cataract (%) 0 7 14 34 18 16 16.9 11.8 4.3 13.3
Buphthalmos, PCG (%) 2 2 0 17 6 6 7.3 9 0 9.1
Reference 11 23 23 16 17 13 23 10 9 Present study

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