Ocular findings in Malaysian children with Down syndrome

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Liza Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin ^a   Azlan, Z N ^b   Zilfalil, B A ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Epicanthic fold; Eye manifestations; Nystagmus; Ocular lesions

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPICANTHUS; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID DISEASE; FACIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINOBLASTOMA; SLIT LAMP; STRABISMUS; UVEITIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 30544439151     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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