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Common causes of blindness in Zaïre.

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%).

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Year: 1985 PMID： 3994957 PMCID： PMC1040608 DOI： 10.1136/bjo.69.5.389

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Ophthalmol ISSN： 0007-1161 Impact factor: 4.638

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1. Trachoma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Results of 46 Baseline Prevalence Surveys Conducted with the Global Trachoma Mapping Project.

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Journal: Ophthalmic Epidemiol Date: 2017-08-29 Impact factor: 1.648

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