Childhood blindness in the West Bank and Gaza strip: Prevalence, aetiology and hereditary factors
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Eye disease in the West Bank and Gaza strip.
A random sample of 9548 Palestinian Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip was identified, and 9054 (95.7%) were examined. Particular attention was directed to reduced visual acuity (VA) and its cause and to trachoma. Low visual acuity was defined as less than 6/18 in both eyes and binocular blindness as a VA less than 3/60 in both eyes. The overall incidence of low VA was 6.8% and of bin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eye
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0950-222X,1476-5454
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1993.126