Requirements for optical services in children with microphthalmos, coloboma and microcornea in Southern India

Eye

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 219-224

  Hornby, Stella J ^a   Adolph, Shajan ^b   Gothwal, Vijaya K ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^b   Foster, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Coloboma; Low vision aid; Microphthalmos; Refraction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOROID DISEASE; COLOBOMA; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE MALFORMATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDIA; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROPHTHALMIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; REHABILITATION; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL AID;

EID: 0034020808     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2000.58     Document Type: Article

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