Vernal keratoconjunctivitis in school children in rwanda: Clinical presentation, impact on school attendance, and access to medical care

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1766-1772

  De Smedt, Stefan K ^a   Nkurikiye, John ^b   Fonteyne, Yannick S ^a   Tuft, Stephen J ^c   Gilbert, Clare E ^d   Kestelyn, Philippe ^e  

^a Kabgayi Hospital   (Rwanda)

^b KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR PRURITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RWANDA; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865678462     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.03.041     Document Type: Article

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