The profile of visual loss in children - A retrospective study in a referral hospital in India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 366-370

  Bagchi, Ketaki ^a   Bhattacharya, Salil ^b  

^a Regional Institute of Ophthalmology   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Childhood; Low vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33751523256     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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