A survey of blindness and poor vision in leprosy patients

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 682-684

  Yan, Liangbin ^a   Zhang, Guocheng ^a   Zheng, Zhiju ^a   Li, Wenzhong ^a   Ye, Ganyun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Leprosy; Vision disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRIS DISEASE; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0038171375     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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