Legal blindness and employment in patients with juvenile-onset macular dystrophies or achromatopsia

Retina

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 360-367

  Szlyk, Janet P ^a,b,c   Fishman, Gerald A ^a   Aslan, Ronald J ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Illinois Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Legal blindness; Retinal disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COLOR BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032471555     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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