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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-0839</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Universitas Medica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Univ. Med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-0839</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Pontificia Universidad Javeriana]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2011-08392018000100011</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.11144/javeriana.umed59-1.refr</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización de los defectos refractivos en una población de niños de los 2 a los 14 años en Bogotá, Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of Refractive Errors in a Population of Children from 2 to 14 Years of Age in Bogotá, Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lince-Rivera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabella]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kunzel-Gallo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alexa]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidad Javeriana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>59</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>11</fpage>
<lpage>18</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-08392018000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-08392018000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-08392018000100011&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción: Los defectos refractivos pueden repercutir de manera importante en el rendimiento de un individuo, sobre todo en la población pediátrica.  Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de defectos refractivos en una muestra de 112 niños entre los 2 y los 14 años del Colegio La Candelaria, en la ciudad de Bogotá.  Métodos: Estudio de corte transversal que valoró, por medio de la agudeza visual, motilidad ocular, oftalmoscopia, retinoscopia y examen subjetivo, la capacidad visual de los niños en cuestión.  Resultados: Se encontró una prevalencia de defectos refractivos del 18,8 %, dentro de la cual el 13,4 % representaba astigmatismo; el 3,6 %, hipermetropía, y el 1,8 %, miopía.  Discusión: Se compararon los resultados con aquellos de una tesis realizada en 1973, donde se estudiaron pacientes en condiciones similares. En esta, la prevalencia de defectos refractivos fue del 30,48 %, diferencia que se podría explicar por la variación de características poblacionales. Por último, se plantea la necesidad de tamizaje en otras comunidades.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Refractive errors can have important repercussions in the performance of an individual, especially in the pediatric community.  Objective: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors within a sample of 112 children between the ages of 2 and 14 from the Colegio La Candelaria in the city of Bogotá.  Methods: Cross-sectional study that evaluated through visual acuity, ocular motility, ophthalmoscopy, retinoscopy, and subjective exam, the visual capacity of the children in question.  Results: We found a prevalence of refractive errors of 18.8% where 13.4% represented astigmatism, 3.6% hypermetropia and 1.8% myopia.  Discussion: These results were compared with those exposed on a thesis performed in 1973 by which patients with similar conditions were tested. In this study, the refractive errors were of 30.48%, a difference that can be explained by variations in population characteristics. Lastly, it arises the need of screening in other communities.]]></p></abstract>
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