Survey of microphthalmia in Japan

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Nishina, Sachiko ^a   Kurosaka, Daijiro ^b   Nishida, Yasuhiro ^c   Kondo, Hiroyuki ^d   Kobayashi, Yuri ^a   Azuma, Noriyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intractable disease; Microphthalmos; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOBOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREORETINAL SURGERY; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863816636     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0126-7     Document Type: Article

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