Childhood blindness in Uzbekistan

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-70

  Rogers, Neil K ^a,d   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Zakhidov, Bosit O ^b   McCollum, C James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TASHKENT PEDIATRIC MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cataract; Childhood blindness; Microphthalmos; Retinal dystrophies; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; RETINA DYSTROPHY; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 0033033795     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.13     Document Type: Article

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