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Samra KA. The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2013;6(2):87-91doi: 10.4103/0974-620X.116626.
Samra, K. A. (2013). The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review. Oman journal of ophthalmology, 6(2), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.116626
Samra, Khawla Abu. "The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review." Oman journal of ophthalmology vol. 6,2 (2013): 87-91. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.116626
Samra KA. The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2013 May;6(2):87-91. doi: 10.4103/0974-620X.116626. PMID: 24082665; PMCID: PMC3779421.
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Oman J Ophthalmol. 2013 May;6(2):87-91. doi: 10.4103/0974-620X.116626.

The eye and visual system in pregnancy, what to expect? An in-depth review.

Oman journal of ophthalmology

Khawla Abu Samra

Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Ross Eye Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.

PMID: 24082665 PMCID: PMC3779421 DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.116626

Abstract

Pregnancy represents a real challenge to all body systems. Physiological changes can involve any of the body organs including the eye and visual system. The ocular effect of pregnancy involves a wide spectrum of physiologic and pathologic changes. The latter might be presenting for the first time during pregnancy such as corneal melting and corneal ectasia, or an already existing ocular pathologies that are modified by pregnancy such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. In addition, pregnancy can affect vision through systemic disease that are either specific to the pregnant state itself such as the pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and Sheehan's syndrome, or systemic diseases that occur more frequently in relation to pregnancy such as Graves' disease, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, anti-phospholipid syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Keywords: Complications; eye; ocular effect; pregnancy

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