Global challenges in the management of congenital cataract: Proceedings of the 4th International Congenital Cataract Symposium held on March 7, 2014, New York, New York

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e1-e8

  Lenhart, Phoebe D ^a   Courtright, Paul ^b   Wilson, M Edward ^c   Lewallen, Susan ^b   Taylor, David Samuel ^d   Ventura, Marcelo C ^e   Bowman, Richard ^f   Woodward, Lee ^g   Ditta, Lauren C ^h   Kruger, Stacey ⁱ   Haddad, Danny ^a   El Shakankiri, Nihal ^j   Rai, Salma Kc ^k   Bailey, Tehara ^l   Lambert, Scott R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Altino Ventura Foundation   (Brazil)

^f GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g DELL CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ PA   (United States)

^j ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^k Center for Rural Technology   (Nepal)

^l ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SYMPOSIUM; UNITED STATES; CATARACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; VISION DISORDERS;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84928170226     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: 15283933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.01.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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