Causes of low vision amongst the low-vision patients attending the Low-Vision Clinic at Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences (KIOMS), Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, Pakistan

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 42038, 2004, Pages 89-97

  Shah, Mufarriq ^a   Khan, Muhummad Daud ^a  

^a Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

blindness; low vision devices; severe visual impairment; Visual acuity; visual field

Indexed keywords

EID: 48049118143     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350490886627     Document Type: Article

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