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  • Title: [Blindness in children in Antananarivo 1988-1993].
    Author: Rasikindrahona RE, Andrianjatovo J, Raobelison A.
    Journal: Rev Int Trach Pathol Ocul Trop Subtrop Sante Publique; 1995; 72():113-20. PubMed ID: 9312806.
    Abstract:
    The author reports the frequency and the main causes for children blindness found at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Befelatanana Hospital (Tananarive). The study covers 5 years (1988-1993). The main causes are: congenital diseases 59.38%: cataracts 68.42%, glaucomas 18.42% xerophthalmy 13.7% bilateral retinoblastoma 1.03% This study also shows the rarity of bacterian diseases 1.56% as a blindness cause.
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