[Ophthalmologic studies of chronic hemodialysis patients]

The authors have examined 27 patients who participate in the chronic haemodialysis programme. It was established that the hyperphosphataemia, the hypocalcaemia and the later hypercalcaemia which developed in consequence of the chronic renal insufficiency are the cause of the calcification of the cornea and of the conjunctiva. In order to pursue this process the slit-lamp examination is recommended as necessary and useful method. The authors consider frequent neither the existence of the "red eye" symptom nor the development of a cataract.