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Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Nakuru, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study
BACKGROUND: Diseases of the posterior segment of the eye, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), have recently been recognised as the leading or second leading cause of blindness in several African countries. However, prevalence of AMD alone has not been assessed. We hypothesized that AMD...
Autores principales: | Mathenge, Wanjiku, Bastawrous, Andrew, Peto, Tunde, Leung, Irene, Foster, Allen, Kuper, Hannah |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23431274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001393 |
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