Abstract

LABRADA RODRIGUEZ, Yunia Herbania; PENA CRUZ, Elsy María  and  PENA GONGORA, Enma. Low vision of the pediatric population in Las Tunas province. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2006, vol.19, n.2. ISSN 0864-2176.

The results of a descriptive study of 35 blind and impaired vision patients, who study at the School for Blind People in Las Tunas province were presented in this paper. The patients were grouped according to their visual category, sex and etiology of low vision. Males were the most affected, the highest number of patients had impaired vision and the most common causes of low vision were congenital cataract and prematurity retinopathy

Keywords : Low vision; cataract; prematurity retinopathy.