Visual defects in Nepalese children with Down syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Paudel, Nabin ^a   Leat, Susan J ^b   Adhikari, Prakash ^a   Woodhouse, J Margaret ^c   Shrestha, Jyoti Baba ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Down syndrome; Nepal; Refractive error; Visual defects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; MALE; NEPAL; NYSTAGMUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; STRABISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; LACRIMAL DUCT OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NEPAL; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 77952529336     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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