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Uveal coloboma: about 3 cases at the University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon

Uveal coloboma is a rare eye malformation caused by failure of the optic fissure to close during the fifth to seventh weeks of foetal life. The risk of retinal detachment increases with age in colobomatous eyes. Preventive measures such as early detection of the retinal break, prophylactic laser pho...

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Autores principales: Giles, Kagmeni, Raoul, Cheuteu, Yannick, Bilong, Peter, Wiedemann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27795796
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2016.24.201.9770