Refractive Error among Children Presenting to the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Refractive Error among Children Presenting to the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Introduction: Refractive error is an important component of the priority disease ‘childhood blindness’ within the vision 2020 initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness. Some 12.8 million in the age group 5-15 years are visually impaired from uncorrected or inadequately corrected refractive errors...

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Main Authors: Anjila Basnet, Rohit Pandit, Prabha Devi Chettri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nepal Medical Association 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Subjects:
children; ophthalmology; prevalence; refractive error.
Online Access:https://www.jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/8064

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