Prevention of blindness in leprosy and the role of the Vision 2020 Programme

Eye

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1099-1105

  Hogeweg, M ^a   Keunen, J E E ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blindness; Leprosy; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; RETINOL; STEROID;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA OPACITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; EYE DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KERATITIS; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LEPROSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING TEST; SPECTACLES; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL AID;

EID: 29244482240     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701984     Document Type: Article

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