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Indian J Lepr
; 70(1): 139-43, 1998.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9598417
ABSTRACT
The acuity of vision of 2145 leprosy patients was examined. Twenty-six patients had bilateral blindness and 80 had diminution of vision bilaterally, according to WHO's standard. The vision disability rate was 4.94%. In addition, 136 patients (6.34%) had blindness or low vision involving one eye. The causes of blindness and low vision were leukoma and corneal ulcer.