Publications by authors named "A T Padmini"
Article Synopsis
- - The study, conducted over two years at RL Jalappa Hospital in Karnataka, India, examined the causes of eye problems in children aged 0-12, revealing that 57% of the 56 patients were male and a significant number had a family history of eye issues.
- - A high percentage of the children's parents were in consanguineous marriages, with 41% in second-degree and 59% in third-degree relationships, contributing to the congenital eye conditions observed.
- - The research identified nasolacrimal duct anomalies as the most common eye issue (32%), suggesting that increased education and counseling on the risks of consanguinity and other factors during pregnancy could help prevent ocular morbidity in children.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate differences in the shape of the palatal rugae in two populations of India and develop discriminant function to identify the populations based on rugae shape.
Methods: Thirty plaster casts from each population group, equally distributed between the sexes and belonging to similar age-group, were examined for rugae shape (straight, wavy, curved, unification and circular) and their incidence recorded. Association between rugae shape and population as well as rugae shape and sex were tested using chi-square analysis and discriminant function developed using SPSS 10.