- ►nih.gov R Dandona, L Dandona - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: The prevalence of childhood blindness was 0.17% (95% confidence
interval 0.09 to 0.30). Treatable refractive error caused 33.3% of the
blindness, followed by 16.6% due to preventable causes (8.3% each due to ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov IR Ezegwui, RE Umeh, UF Ezepue - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: By anatomical classification, the major causes of SVI/BL identified in
the children (aged 15 years or less) were lesions of the lens (30.4%), corneal
lesions (21.7%), whole globe lesions (mainly phthisis bulbi) (17.4%), and ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
T Bulgan, CE Gilbert - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2002 - informahealthcare.com Correspondence and reprint requests to: Clare Gilbert, FRCOphth, MD, MSc Dept.
Epidemiol. Inst. Ophthalmol. Bath Street London EC1V 9EL UK Tel.: +44 207 608
6900 Fax: +44 207 250 3207 E-mail: clare.gilbert@ucl.ac.uk Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►nih.gov R Sitorus, M Preising, B Lorenz - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Conclusions: This is a small study in a selected population and the results
should be interpreted with caution. This blind school study, adopting the
WHO/PBL eye form for data analysing, is the first reported for Indonesia. ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher SJ Hornby, Y Xiao, CE Gilbert, A Foster, X … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 1999 - bjo.bmj.com RESULTS 1245 children aged between 5 and 15 years were examined, of whom 1131
(91%) were blind or severely visually impaired (visual acuity less than 6/60 in
the better eye). The commonest anatomical sites of visual loss were whole ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
NK Rogers, CE Gilbert, A Foster, BO … - Eye (London, England), 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov PURPOSE: To elucidate the aetiology of childhood blindness in the Republic of
Uzbekistan and to assess the needs for future provision of ophthalmic services
for children. METHODS: Six hundred and seventy-one children in seven ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov AB Kello, C Gilbert - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Among 360 pupils examined, 312 (96.7%) were aged <16 years. Of these
children, 295 (94.5%) were blind or severely visually impaired. The major
anatomical site of visual loss was cornea/phthisis (62.4%), followed by ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov JS Titiyal, N Pal, GVS Murthy, SK Gupta, R … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: With best correction, 22 (3.1%) were severely visually impaired (visual
acuity in the better eye of <6/60) and 628 (89.3%) children were blind (visual
acuity in the better eye of <3/60). Anatomical sites of SVI/BL were whole ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
AA Kotb, EF Hammouda, KF Tabbara - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2006 - informahealthcare.com Purpose: To determine the major causes of eye diseases leading to visual loss
and blindness among children attending a school for the blind in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Methods: A total of 217 school children with visual disabilities ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
