Traditional couching for cataract treatment: A cause of visual impairment

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 208-210

  Ademola Popoola, D S ^a,b   Owoeye, J F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cataract; Complications; Couching; Visual activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS LUXATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 8844275929     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28122     Document Type: Article

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