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. 2002;15(43):37-8.

Case finding for refractive errors: assessment of refractive error and visual impairment in children

Leon B Ellwein¹

Affiliations

PMID: 17491877
PMCID: PMC1705882

Case finding for refractive errors: assessment of refractive error and visual impairment in children

Leon B Ellwein. Community Eye Health. 2002.

. 2002;15(43):37-8.

Author

Leon B Ellwein¹

Affiliation

¹ Associate Director, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

PMID: 17491877
PMCID: PMC1705882

No abstract available

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Figures

None — Better vision with spectacles for this child in Uganda Photo: Murray McGavin

None — Recording visual acuity in Zanzibar Photo: Murray McGavin

Fig. 1 — Fig. 1
Percentage prevalence of visual acuity < 6/18 in the better eye. UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity. PVA: presenting visual acuity. BCVA: best corrected visual acuity.

Fig. 2 — Fig. 2
Percentage prevalence of visual impairment < 6/18 in the better eye. Corrected: already corrected visual impairment. Correctable: uncorrected, but correctable visual impairment. Uncorrectable: uncorrectable visual impairment.

Fig. 3 — Fig. 3
Percentage prevalence of myopia: −1.00 spherical equivalent dioptres in either eye (worse eye) and better eye as measured with cycloplegic autorefraction.

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