Causes of childhood blindness in Southern Ghana - a blind school survey
Ghana Med. J. (Online)
;
24(2)1990.
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1262221
ABSTRACT
Examination of 129 inmates of Akropong School for the Blind revealed 80 per cent of them were blind. Corneal scars or phthisis bulbi; cataracts; glaucoma; and chorioretinitis were the major causes of blindness; being responsible for blindness in 43 per cent; 18 per cent; 16 per cent and 12 per cent respectively of children aged 15 years and below. Congenital rubella syndrome is probably more common in Southern Ghana than in the North and this may explain the relatively greater importance of cataracts and glaucoma in childhood blindness in the South compared with the North
Search on Google
Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Child
/
Blindness
Type of study:
Etiology study
Language:
English
Journal:
Ghana Med. J. (Online)
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS