OCULAR SIDE-EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC STEROID-THERAPY IN RENAL-TRANSPLANT PATIENTS

  • 1 November 1987
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 19  (11) , 435-437
Abstract
Sixty-one renal transplant patients were studied for ocular complications of steroid therapy. Twenty patients (32.8%) were found to have posterior subcapsular cataract. Three patients (4.9%) had ocular hypertension. There was no significant correlation between cataract formation and the total dose of steriods, number of rejection episodes, or the period of hemodialysis. HLA-A9 was present in noncataract patients to a greater extent, a statistically significant (P < .05) finding not reported before to our knowledge.