Open globe injuries in children: Factors predictive of a poor final visual acuity

Eye

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-625

  Gupta, A ^a,b   Rahman, I ^a   Leatherbarrow, B ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Open globe injuries; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN GLOBE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE; CATARACT; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; INFANT; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUPIL REFLEX; VISION DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 62549150726     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.32     Document Type: Article

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