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KMID : 0438219780150010083
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Korea University Medical Journal
1978 Volume.15 No. 1 p.83 ~ p.88
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Survey of Causes of Blindness on Blind Students in Korea
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Abstract
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This is a study on the causes of the blindness for´217-blind Students in Korea. Blindness in defined as the visual acuity for distance of 0.1(20/200) or less in the better eye with best correction.
The causes of blindness in descending order frequency are as follows: unknown eye diseases (32.3
Congenital diseases (31.3%), infectious diseases (&8%), meningitis (6.5%), injury & intoxi= cation (6%), refractive errors (6%), febrile diseases (6%), ´and´ malnutrition Q´.40.1) etc.
Rate of blindness by site and type of affection is shown as: atrophia bulbi (33.6%), optic nerve diseases (23.1%), cataract (18.7%), corneal diseases (11.4%), glaucoma (10.6%), anophthalmos (7.40)- amblyopia (6.5%), retinal- diseases (2.8%), uveitis (1.0%), high myopia (0.5%),`,-and other diseases (6.4%), etc.
Comparisons with other statistics on -oauses of blindness in the inland and the foreign countries-are attempted. Evaluation of results and :-problems establishing a more detailed and nationwide survey in future are briefly discussed in comment.
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