Ocular manifestations of sickle cell disease at the korle-bu hospital, Accra, Ghana

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 484-489

  Osafo Kwaako, Alfred ^a   Kimani, Kahaki ^a   Ilako, Dunera ^a   Akafo, Stephen ^b   Ekem, Ivy ^b   Rodrigues, Onike ^b   Enweronu Laryea, Christabel ^b   Nentwich, Martin M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ocular manifestations; Public health; Sickle cell disease; Sickle cell retinopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRIS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHTHISIS BULBI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE SICKLE RETINOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TORTOUS CORKSCREW CONJUNCTIVAL VESSEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957871465     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/EJO.2010.5977     Document Type: Article

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