Prevalence of retinitis pigmentosa in North China: The Beijing Eye Public Health Care Project

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  You, Qi Sheng ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Wang, Ya Xing ^a   Liang, Qing Feng ^a   Cui, Tong Tong ^a   Yang, Xiao Hui ^a   Wang, Shuang ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84882705770     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.12163     Document Type: Letter

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