Changing pattern of childhood blindness

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Khan, Rizwana Iqbal ^b   O'Keefe, Michael ^a   Nolan, Loretto ^b   Kenny, Des ^b  

^a MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROPHTHALMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SURVIVAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547572109     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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