Axial length and refractive error in X-linked retinoschisis
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1Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Purpose:
To examine the relationship between axial length and refractive error in patients with X-linked retinoschisis.
Design:
To determine whether the hypermetropia frequently found in patients with X-linked retinoschisis is axial hypermetropia.
Methods:
The axial length and refractive error were measured in 29 right eyes of 29 patients. The patients were divided into two groups: a juvenile group with ages <13 years (12 eyes) and an adult group with ages > or =13 years (17 eyes). The axial length of the right eye of 30 adult men without eye diseases whose refractive error ranged from +/- 1.0 diopter served as controls.
Results:
In the adult patient group, the refractive error was significantly more hypermetropic and the axial length was significantly shorter than was the normal adult group (P <.001).
Conclusion:
These results strongly suggest that the hypermetropia in patients with X-linked retinoschisis is axial hypermetropia.
