Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia

Arif O Khan Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I congratulate the authors on their retrospective study of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in patients (mostly children) diagnosed with Stickler syndrome in Saudi Arabia1. However, I would like to poin...

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Autor principal:	Khan AO
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2016
Materias:	Stickler syndrome Saudi Arabia ocular genetics vitreo-retinopathy Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:81c6618abd3d49db8a27c9b432d2f3022021-12-02T02:47:29ZRhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia1177-5483https://doaj.org/article/81c6618abd3d49db8a27c9b432d2f3022016-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/letter-editor-rhegmatogenous-retinal-detachments-associated-to-peer-reviewed-article-OPTHhttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Arif O Khan Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I congratulate the authors on their retrospective study of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in patients (mostly children) diagnosed with Stickler syndrome in Saudi Arabia1. However, I would like to point out that this work would more appropriately be considered a retrospective study of vitreoretinopathies in general rather than of Stickler syndrome specifically because a percentage of cases were likely recessive vitreoretinopathies. In my experience, children in Saudi Arabia with pediatric retinal detachment and high myopia are often labeled as having Stickler syndrome while in fact recessive vitreoretinopathies such as Knobloch syndrome2 or LRPAP1-related high myopia3 comprise a significant percentage of cases.  View original article by Alshahrani et al.Khan AODove Medical PressarticleStickler syndromeSaudi Arabiaocular geneticsvitreo-retinopathyOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2016, Iss Issue 1, Pp 663-664 (2016)
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topic	Stickler syndrome Saudi Arabia ocular genetics vitreo-retinopathy Ophthalmology RE1-994
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description	Arif O Khan Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I congratulate the authors on their retrospective study of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in patients (mostly children) diagnosed with Stickler syndrome in Saudi Arabia1. However, I would like to point out that this work would more appropriately be considered a retrospective study of vitreoretinopathies in general rather than of Stickler syndrome specifically because a percentage of cases were likely recessive vitreoretinopathies. In my experience, children in Saudi Arabia with pediatric retinal detachment and high myopia are often labeled as having Stickler syndrome while in fact recessive vitreoretinopathies such as Knobloch syndrome2 or LRPAP1-related high myopia3 comprise a significant percentage of cases.  View original article by Alshahrani et al.
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title	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia
title_short	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia
title_full	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia
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Rhegmatogenous retinal detachments in pediatric vitreoretinopathies in Saudi Arabia

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