Incidence and Types of Pediatric Nystagmus.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the incidence, prevalent subtypes, and clinical characteristics of pediatric nystagmus diagnosed over a 30-year period.

Design

Retrospective, population-based study.

Methods

Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project, we reviewed the medical records of all children (<19 years) diagnosed as residents in Olmsted County, Minnesota, with any form of nystagmus from January 1, 1976, through December 31, 2005.

Results

Seventy-one children were diagnosed during the 30-year period, yielding an annual incidence of 6.72 per 100,000 younger than 19 years (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.15-8.28) Infantile nystagmus, onset by 6 months, comprised 62 (87.3%) of the study patients, corresponding to a birth prevalence of 1 in 821. The median age at diagnosis for

SUBMITTER: Nash DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5610648 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature