Prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa in India: The Central India Eye and Medical Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Nangia, Vinay ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b   Khare, Anshu ^a   Sinha, Ajit ^a  

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84870546349     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02396.x     Document Type: Letter

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