Infantile cataract: The importance of early treatment and diagnosis;Gatarata infantil: Importância do diagnóstico e tratamento precoces

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Vidal Mérula, Rafael ^a,b   Chaves Fernandes, Luciene ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UFMG ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cataract congenital; Cataract diagnosis; Cataract epidemiology; Vision low

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE SURGERY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS IMPLANT; LEUKOKORIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28244474132     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492005000300005     Document Type: Article

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