Classification of 154 clinical cases of Vitamin A deficiency in children (0-15 years) in a tertiary hospital in north west frontier province Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-78

  Khan, Mohammad Aman ^a   Khan, Mohammad Daud ^a  

^a Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOMALACIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; XEROPHTHALMIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 16444379890     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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