Penetrating needle injury of the eye causing cataract in children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Rabiah, Peter K ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037228737     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01717-7     Document Type: Article

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