Causes of poor outcome after cataract surgery in Satkhira district, Bangladesh

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1054-1056

  Lindfield, R ^a   Polack, S ^b   Wadud, Z ^c   Choudhury, K A ^d   Rashid, A K M M ^e   Kuper, H ^b  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^d National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Bangladesh)

^e CSS Rawm Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SCREENING TEST; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 50449086195     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702836     Document Type: Article

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