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Document Type : Article In Journal 
Document Title :
Chronic Blepharitis
التهاب حواف الجفون
 
Document Language : English 
Abstract : This is a prospective study to estimate the prevalence of chronic blepharitis among patients visited the ophthalmology clinic in a tertiary care hospital in western Saudi Arabia over six months period. Chronic blepharitis was detected in 89%, 61.4% of them, were females mostly in their second decade of life. About 97.3% of the patients had the anterior type, 44.5% of them had isolated seborrheic blepharitis, 19.6% had isolated Staphylococcal blepharitis and 9% had an isolated Demodex blepharitis. Of all patients, Meibomian gland disease was found in 83%. About 29.7% of the patients were found to have associated seborrheic dermatitis, and 61.3% of them were females. Chronic blepharitis is a very common disease among our population and the most common type is anterior blepharitis mostly the seborrheic type. A larger scale study including different regions in the country is needed to find the predisposing factor for this high prevalence. 
ISSN : 1319-1004 
Journal Name : Medical Science Journal 
Volume : 17 
Issue Number : 1 
Publishing Year : 1431 AH
2010 AD 
Article Type : Article 
Added Date : Monday, November 29, 2010 

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Researcher Name (Arabic)Researcher Name (English)Researcher TypeDr GradeEmail
آمال عبد الكريم بخاريBukhari, Amal AResearcher aabukhari@kau.edu.sa

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