Incidence and patterns of detection and management of childhood-onset hereditary retinal disorders in the UK

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-365

  Hamblion, Esther L ^a,b   Moore, Anthony T ^a,c   Rahi, Jugnoo S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITARY RETINA DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONSET AGE; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION; VISUAL AID;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINAL DYSTROPHIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84857073372     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.201178     Document Type: Article

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