Retinopathy of prematurity as a major cause of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in schools for the blind in Guadalajara city, Mexico

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1502-1505

  Zepeda Romero, L C ^a   Barrera de Leon, J C ^b   Camacho Choza, C ^a   Gonzalez Bernal, C ^b   Camarena Garcia, E ^c   Diaz Alatorre, C ^d   Gutierrez Padilla, J A ^a   Gilbert, C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b Hospital Materno Infantil Esperanza Lopez Mateos   (Mexico)

^c Escuela para Invidentes Hellen Keller de Guadalajara AC   (Mexico)

^d Escuela para Niñas Ciegas de Guadalajara   (Mexico)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COLOBOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MICROPHTHALMIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINOBLASTOMA; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREORETINAL SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MEXICO; NEONATAL SCREENING; OPTIC NERVE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISION, LOW;

EID: 80054937459     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300015     Document Type: Article

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