Delayed presentation of cataracts in children: Are they worth operating upon

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Gogate, Parikshit ^a   Khandekar, Rajiv ^b   Shrishrimal, Meghna ^a   Dole, Kuldeep ^a   Taras, Sudhir ^a   Kulkarni, Sucheta ^a   Ranade, Satish ^a   Deshpande, Madan ^a  

^a H V Desai Eye Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Cataract outcome; Childhood blindness; Delayed presentation of cataract; Pediatric cataract; VISION 2020

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLINDNESS; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75749146677     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903450338     Document Type: Article

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