The Siberian Scientific Medical Journal
 
 
№ 5 / 2015 / 47-53

Risk factors of formation of optic nerve drusen in children and adolescents with essential arterial hypertension

Author Affiliations

Abstract

The paper presents the examination data of children and adolescents with essential hypertension. The analysis of results of the blood serum biochemical composition investigation has been carried out; the characteristic of the main functional disorders of ophthalmic status of patients with and without optic disc drusen was presented. The information on the early pre-clinical manifestations of hypertensive angiohorioretinopathy was obtained. Risk factors of formation of the optic disc drusen have been revealed.

Key words

children, optic disc drusen, essential hypertension
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About Authors (Correspondence):

Shchuko A.G. – doctor of medical sciences, professor, director, head of the chair for ocular diseases, e-mail: shishkinamntk@mail.ru

Yureva T.N. – doctor of medical sciences, deputy-director on scientific work, associate professor
of the chair for ocular diseases, e-mail: tnyurieva@mail.ru

Savina Yu.N. – ophthalmologist, e-mail: dalgetti@mail.ru

Korolenko A.V. – candidate of medical sciences, head of children department

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Received: 02/11/2015