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Abstract
The major blinding conditions in the Midwestern State of Nigeria are cataract (33.2%), uveitis (20.4%), chronic simple glaucoma (17.1%), trauma(7.9%). The primary causes of uniocular blindness are uveitis (28.3%), cataract (23.9%), chronic simple glaucoma (13.2%), trauma (9.9%). Comparisons of the main causes of blindness in Midwestern, Northern, Western and Eastern Nigeria and Great Britain are made.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID： 4439470
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Geogr Med ISSN： 0041-3232