The changing visual profile of children attending a regional specialist school for the visually impaired in Northern Ireland

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 556-560

  McClelland, Julie ^a   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a   Hill, Nan ^b   Magee, Anne ^c   Shannon, Myrtle ^c   Jackson, A Jonathan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Jordanstown Schools   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; School; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBINISM; ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRIS COLOBOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 35448940172     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2007.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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