ISSN: 2155-9570
Department of Ophthalmology, Kasr Al-Ainy Hospital, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Research Article
Retinal Micro Vascular Changes in Egyptian Schizophrenics
Author(s): Dalia Hamed Khalil*, Kerollos Aziz, Mohamed Khalil and Aref Khowyled
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare patients with schizophrenia to normal individuals as regard retinal micro vascular caliber and to correlate it with disease duration and psychometric sub-scores.
Materials and Methods: Observational analytic case control study included 60 subjects distributed as; Group A: Thirty patients 20-40 years, were recruited consecutively (convenient sample) from the inpatient ward of Kasr Al-Ainy Psychiatry and Addiction Hospital diagnosed to have schizophrenia according to the diagnostic criteria of the 4th edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-text revised according to Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) Axis I Disorders, on medications only. Group B: Thirty subjects who matched the patients group in age, sex and education, with no history of psychiatr.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9570.22.13.917