Retinal diseases in a tertiary hospital: The need for establishment of a vitreo-retinal care unit

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1286-1289

  Onakpoya, Oluwatoyin Helen ^a   Olateju, Samuel Oluremi ^a   Ajayi, Iyiade Adeseye ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Nigeria; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLIP; DEGENERATIVE MYOPIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; HYPOPLASIA; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RURAL POPULATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VITREO RETINAL CARE UNIT; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 57149117326     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31506-6     Document Type: Article

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