Erratum: Childhood blindness and severe visual impairment in Malaysia: A nationwide study (Eye (2011) 24 (436-442) DOI:10.1038/eye.2011.19);Childhood blindness and severe visual impairment in Malaysia: A nationwide study

Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-442

  Patel, D K ^a   Tajunisah, I ^a   Gilbert, C ^b   Subrayan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood blindness; Malaysia; retinopathy of prematurity; severe visual impairment; WHO prevention of blindness programme

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALBINISM; AMBLYOPIA; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BUPHTHALMOS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 79954549372     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.71     Document Type: Erratum

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