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Br J Ophthalmol 2003;87:1432 doi:10.1136/bjo.87.11.1432-a
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Causes of severe visual impairment and blindness in children in Ethiopia

  1. V Vedantham,
  2. P K Ratnagiri
  1. Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625 020, India
  1. Correspondence to: V Vedantham Department of Retina-Vitreous, Aravind Eye Hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, 1 Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625 020, India; drvasumathyyahoo.com
  • Accepted 5 May 2003

We read with great interest the article by Kello et al.1 The authors have to be congratulated for the hard hitting and well written article. A current concern for people involved in paediatric eye care is the emergence of what is probably the third epidemic of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in developing countries.2,3 It is therefore significant that no case of ROP was found in the population screened in this study. Several factors could …

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