Prevalence of eye signs in congenital rubella syndrome in South India: A role for population screening

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1467-1470

  Vijayalakshmi, P ^a   Rajasundari, T Amala ^a   Prasad, Noela Marie ^b   Prakash, S Karthik ^b   Narendran, Kalpana ^c   Ravindran, Meenakshi ^a   Muthukkaruppan, V R ^a   Lalitha, Prajna ^b   Brown, David W G ^d  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CATARACT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RUBELLA SYNDROME, CONGENITAL;

EID: 35748962036     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.114629     Document Type: Article

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