Profile of patients presenting at a low vision clinic in a developing country

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Olusanya, Bolutife ^a   Onoja, Godfrey ^a   Ibraheem, Waheed ^a   Bekibele, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Low vision; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; STATISTICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OPTIC ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864340440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-31     Document Type: Article

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