Prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa in South Indian population aged above 40 years

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Sen, Parveen ^a,c   Bhargava, Arun ^a   George, Ronnie ^a   Ramesh, S Ve ^a   Hemamalini, Arvind ^a   Prema, Raju ^a   Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy ^b   Vijaya, Lingam ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreo Retinal Services   (India)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Retinitis pigmentosa; Rural; South India; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 51549112053     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802105814     Document Type: Article

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