Visual Impairment

Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 88-110

  Warburg, Mette ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cornea; Down syndrome; Optotype test; Retina; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244482197     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470776216.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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