Clinical profile of childhood blindness and inappropriate enrolment of children in schools for visually impaired in Uttar Pradesh, India

Clinical profile of childhood blindness and inappropriate enrolment of children in schools for visually impaired in Uttar Pradesh, India

Purpose: To assess major causes of severe visual impairment (SVI)/blindness (BL) in children studying in schools for the blind in western Uttar Pradesh, India and the extent of inappropriate enrolment of children in blind schools. Methods: Students of five schools for the blind were examined in a te...

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Main Authors: Pradeep Agarwal, Veenu Maan, Mosaib Omaer, Kunal Gupta, Lokesh Chauhan, Ashi Khurana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Childhood blindness
congenital anomalies
India
schools for the blind
visual impairment
Online Access:http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=10;spage=1456;epage=1461;aulast=Agarwal

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