Retinal diseases in Ibadan [69]

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1461-1463

  Oluleye, T S ^a   Ajaiyeoba, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHOROIDITIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OCULAR FIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA SURGERY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 33845536804     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702343     Document Type: Letter

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