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Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in patients seen at Nkhensani Hospital Eye Clinic, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the prevalence and causes of visual impairment (VI) amongst hospital patients is useful in planning preventive programmes and provision of eye-care services for residents in the surrounding communities. AIM: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and causes of...

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Autores principales:	Maake, Modjadji M., Oduntan, Olalekan A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2015
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4729124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26842521 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v7i1.728

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