Etiology of childhood blindness in Izmir, Turkey

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-537

  Cetin, E ^a   Yaman, A ^a   Berk, A T ^a,b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Congenital cataract; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BUPHTHALMOS; CATARACT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFECTION; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROPHTHALMIA; MOTOR RETARDATION; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRABISMUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEA DISEASE; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 12344311516     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210401400613     Document Type: Article

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