Common causes of blindness in Zaire.
Open Access
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 69 (5) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.69.5.389
Abstract
An analysis of 50 000 patients' medical records was made to determine the commonest causes of blindness in Zaïre. It was found that the commonest causes of blindness in order of frequency were glaucoma (31%), cataract (18.4%), optic atrophy (16.3%), onchocerciasis (4.9%), and corneal leucoma (4.9%).This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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