Cluster bomb ocular injuries

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Mansour, Ahmad M ^a,b   Hamade, Haya ^a   Ghaddar, Ayman ^c   Mokadem, Ahmad Samih ^c   El Hajj Ali, Mohamad ^d   Awwad, Shady ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^c Hammoud Hospital   (Lebanon)

^d Nabatieh Government Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cluster Bomb; Corneal Decompensation; Evisceration; Intraocular Foreign Body; Penetrating Keratoplasty; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOMB; CASE STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLUSTER BOMB; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA SURGERY; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATOPLASTY; LEBANON; LENSECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERA DISEASE; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC CATARACT; VITRECTOMY; WAR;

EID: 84856389576     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.92133     Document Type: Article

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