Outcomes of pediatric cataract surgery at a tertiary care center in rural southern Ethiopia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1293-1297

  Tomkins, Oren ^a   Ben Zion, Itay ^a,b   Moore, Daniel B ^c   Helveston, Eugene E ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80053918911     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.268     Document Type: Article

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