Retinitis pigmentosa in Benin, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 254-257

  Ukponmwan, C U ^a   Atamah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 16544389566     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i5.9169     Document Type: Article

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