Causes of childhood blindness in a school for the visually impaired in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-89

  Fan, D S P ^a   Lai, T Y Y ^a   Cheung, E Y Y ^a   Lam, D S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Child; Optic nerve diseases; Retinopathy of prematurity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RETINA; SCHOOL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; SAMPLE SIZE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 17444425324     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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