Pediatric and adolescent population with visual impairment: Study of 385 cases

Clinics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Haddad, Maria Aparecida Onuki ^a   Lobato, Frederico José Correa ^a   Sampaio, Marcos Wilson ^a   Kara José, Newton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness; Congenital glaucoma; Congenital toxoplasmosis; Low vision; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; OPTICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745944186     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322006000300009     Document Type: Article

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