Epidemic optic neuropathy in primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 232-234

  Bourne, R R ^a   Dolin, P J ^b,e   Mtanda, A T ^c   Plant, G T ^d   Mohamed, A A ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION DEFECT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031955494     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.3.232     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Johnson GJ, Mtanda AT, Kinabo NN, et al. Optic nerve and macular atrophy of unknown origin in Tanzania. Arch Publ Health 1993;51:561-71.
2. Plant GT, Mtanda AT, Arden GB, Johnson GJ. An epidemic of optic neuropathy in Tanzania: characterisation of the visual disorder and associated peripheral neuropathy. J Neurol Sci 1997;145:127-40.
3. Cuba Neuropathy Field Investigation Team. Epidemic optic neuropathy in Cuba - clinical characterization and risk factors. N Engl J Med 1995;333:1176-81.
4. Sadun AA, Martone JF, Muci-Mendoza R, et al. Epidemic optic neuropathy in Cuba. Arch Ophthalmol 1994;112:691-9.
5. Roman GC. An epidemic in Cuba of optic neuropathy, sensorineural deafness, peripheral neuropathy and dorsolateral myelopathy. J Neurol Sci 1994;127:11-28.
6. Hedges TR, Hirano M, Tucker K, Caballero B. Epidemic optic and peripheral neuropathy in Cuba: a unique geopolitical public health problem. Surv Ophthalmol 1997;41: 341-53.
7. Strachan H. On a form of multiple neuritis prevalent in the West Indies. Practitioner 1887;59:477-84.
8. Money GL. Clinical aspects of tropical ataxic neuropathies related to nutrition. W Afr Med J 1959;8:13-7.
9. Johnson GJ, Mtanda AT, Negrel AD. Macular degeneration of unknown origin in Tanzania (letter). Lancet 1991;338: 827-8.
10. Adams AJ, Haegerstrom-Portnoy G. Color deficiencies. In: Amos JF, ed. Diagnosis and management in vision care. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1987.
11. Plant GT, Dolin PJ, Mohamed AA, Mlingi N. Confirmation that cyanide intoxication and mutations commonly associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy are not implicated in Tanzanian epidemic optic neuropathy. J Neurol Sci 1997; (in press).