Causes of blindness in a special education school;Les causes de cécité dans une école spécialisée

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-50

  Onakpoya, Oluwatroyin Helen ^a   Adegbehingbe, B O ^a   Omotoye, O J ^a   Adeoye, A O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blindness; Glaucoma; Nigeria; Rehabilitation; Retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKYLOBLEPHARON; ANOPHTHALMIA; ANTERIOR STAPHYLOMA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPHEMA; HYPOPLASIA; KERATOCONUS; LACRIMATION; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; NIGERIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISC HYPOPLASIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC PHTHYSIS BULBI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMBLEPHARON; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIAL EDUCATION;

EID: 80053329757     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v30i1.69917     Document Type: Article

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