TY - JOUR
KW - Blindness
KW - Delivery of Health Care
KW - Eye diseases
KW - Global health
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Program Development
KW - Social Class
AU - Lewallen S
AB - <p>Visual disability continues to be a significant problem in leprosy patients due to cataract, chronic iridocyclitis, and corneal disease. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of these problems are described and the current status of eye care in leprosy programmes is discussed.</p>
BT - Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9290840?dopt=Abstract
CN - LEWALLEN1997
DA - 1997 Jun
DO - 10.1080/00034989760950
IS - 4
J2 - Ann Trop Med Parasitol
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Visual disability continues to be a significant problem in leprosy patients due to cataract, chronic iridocyclitis, and corneal disease. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of these problems are described and the current status of eye care in leprosy programmes is discussed.</p>
PY - 1997
SP - 341
EP - 8
T2 - Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology
TI - Prevention of blindness in leprosy: an overview of the relevant clinical and programme-planning issues.
VL - 91
SN - 0003-4983
ER -