Cross-sectional investigation of visual impairing diseases in Shanghai blind children school

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3654-3659

  Zhu, Jian feng ^a   Zou, Hai dong ^a,b   He, Xian gui ^a   Lu, Li na ^a   Rong, Zhao ^a   Xu, Hong mei ^c   Liang, Qing feng ^c  

^a Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Blind Children School   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Children; Retinopathy of prematurity; School; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84867907927     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.20.010     Document Type: Article

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