Geographical variation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, 1988-94 Commentary: Clustering of anophthalmia and microphthalmia is not supported by the data
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Geographical variation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, 1988-94.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the geographical variation and clustering of congenital anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England, in response to media reports of clusters. DESIGN Comparison of pattern of residence at birth of cases of anophthalmia and microphthalmia in England in 1988-94, notified to a special register, with pattern of residence of all births. Three groups studied included all cas...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7163.905