RT Journal
A1 Podos SM, Einaugler RB, Albert DM, Blaese R
T1 OPhthalmic manifestations of the wiskott-aldrich syndrome
JF Archives of Ophthalmology
JO Archives of Ophthalmology
YR 1969
FD September 1
VO 82
IS 3
SP 322
OP 329
DO 10.1001/archopht.1969.00990020324005
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1969.00990020324005
AB Ophthalmic disease was described in three patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, an entity characterized by eczema, thrombocytopenia, and recurrent infections, and inherited in a sex-linked fashion. Blepharoconjunctivitis. associated with molluscum contagiosum, and herpes simplex keratitis, isolated or accompanied by disseminated mucocutaneous herpes simplex virus infection or both, were found. In 18 of the 80 cases of the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome documented in the literature, ocular complications were present.