Shadab Hassan, Sorath Noorani Siddiqui, Naima Zaheer.
Causes of Childhood Blindness in a Tertiary Care Eye Hospital.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;13(1):9-17.

This prospective study was conducted to analyze the causes of childhood blindness in a tertiary care eye hospital in which 205 children of age <=15 years with vision <6/60 in both eyes were selected and causes of visual impairment were documented. Mean age was 7.96 +- 4.49 years. Based on the anatomical site, the leading causes of severe visual impairment and blindness were retinal diseases in 36.58%, followed by glaucoma in 23.41% and diseases of cornea in 16.58% children.

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