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The high prevalence of exfoliation syndrome (XFS) in Azerbaijan, noticed during a short-term international eye project, prompted the following prospective survey of the frequency of XFS in a subset of the Azerbaijani population. Heretofore, the prevalence of XFS in Azerbaijan has not been reported.

During a 3-month period in 2001, all native Azerbaijani who received an ocular examination from 1 of 2 ophthalmologists (Z.A. and S.S.) at a major general eye clinic in Baku, Azerbaijan, were evaluated for XFS. Most of these patients sought care because of difficulty seeing due to uncorrected or inadequately corrected refractive errors and/or presbyopia. Patients were designated as having XFS if exfoliation material was apparent on the anterior lens capsule and/or at the pupillary border during routine postdilation biomicroscopy, done with patient consent.

The youngest patient with XFS was aged 46 years. Thus, the following findings apply to all patients 46 years or older (n . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Corresponding author: Alice T. Gasch, MD, 4100 Cathedral Ave, No. 510, Washington, DC 20016.