Low Vision Service in Eye Clinic.
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Profile of Low Vision Population Attending Low Vision Clinic in a Peripheral Eye Hospital in Nepal
Background: Blindness and low vision are major causes of morbidity and constitute a significant public health problem, both detrimental to the quality of life for the individual and an economic burden on the individual, family, and society in general. People with low vision have the potential for enhancement of functional vision if they receive the appropriate low vision services. The present s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAPANESE ORTHOPTIC JOURNAL
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1883-9215,0387-5172
DOI: 10.4263/jorthoptic.25.69