Visual impairment in Swedish children. III. Diagnoses

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 681-687

  Blohmé, Jonas ^a   Tornqvist, Kristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Children; Diagnoses; Epidemiology; Register; Sweden; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SWEDEN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031417117     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00630.x     Document Type: Article

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