Blindness in children at the Ida Rieu School for the blind and deaf

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 334-337

  Khan, Sadia Javed ^a   Hassan, Afshan ^a   Khalid, Laila ^a   Karim, Uzma ^a   Hashmi, Erum ^a   Gul, Fariha ^a   Jehan, Imtiaz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGITIS; PAKISTAN; RETINA; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEX RATIO; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MEASLES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RUBELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEASLES; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; RUBELLA; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35748956758     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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