Pattern of bilateral blinding corneal disease in patients waiting for keratoplasty in a tertiary eye care centre in Northern India

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-271

  Tandon, Radhika ^a   Sinha, Rajesh ^a   Moulick, Parthasarathi ^a   Agarwal, Prakashchand ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilateral blindness; Corneal blindness; Corneal infection; Corneal scar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL BLINDNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYABILITY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649170778     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181b6104e     Document Type: Article

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