Results of late surgical intervention in children with early-onset bilateral cataracts

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1424-1428

  Ganesh, Suma ^a   Arora, Priyanka ^b   Sethi, Sumita ^c   Gandhi, Tapan K ^d   Kalia, Amy ^d   Chatterjee, Garga ^d   Sinha, Pawan ^d  

^a Dr Shroff Charity Eye Hospital   (India)

^b DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c BPS Government Medical College   (India)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY ONSET BILATERAL CATARACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; ONSET AGE; OPTICAL LOW VISION AID; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD HEALTH (PAEDIATRICS); PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TIME; VISION;

CHILD HEALTH (PAEDIATRICS); VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84908299211     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304475     Document Type: Article

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