Systemic, hereditary causes identified in pediatric bilateral cataract cases

In children with bilateral cataracts, systemic and hereditary causes were more often identified than in unilateral cases, in which ocular associations were more often made, according to a study.
“There are few reports specifying associated systemic diagnoses in large cohorts of children undergoing cataract surgery,” Bharti R. Nihalani-Gangwani, MD, and colleague wrote in a poster presentation at the virtual American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus annual meeting.
The researchers conducted a chart review of 727 patients younger than 21 years who underwent

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