Causes of vision impairment and assessment of need for low vision services for students of blind schools in Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 44-49

  Kansakar, Irina ^a   Thapa, H B ^a   Salma, K C ^a   Ganguly, S ^a   Kandel, R P ^b   Rajasekaran, S ^a  

^a Lumbini Eye Institute   (Nepal)

^b Seva Foundation   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blind school study; Childhood blindness; Low vision; Nepal; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM; AMBLYOPIA; ANOPHTHALMIA; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLINDNESS; BUPHTHALMOS; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; EYE REFRACTION; EYE TUMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEVER; GENETIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IRIDECTOMY; KERATOCONUS; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROPHTHALMIA; NEPAL; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; REFRACTION ERROR; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MALFORMATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RETINOPATHY; RUBELLA; STUDENT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPECTACLES; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349091660     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i1.1764     Document Type: Article

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