1Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73
*Corresponding Author: S. Sundari, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73,
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Among the leading childhood morbidities in developing nations, after malnutrition, diarhheaetc childhood blindness and other ophthalmic morbidities causing visual impairment also hold a place. The major causes of blindness in children encompass intrauterine and acquired infectious diseases, teratogens and developmental and molecular genetics, nutritional factors, the consequences of preterm birth, and tumors. A multidisciplinary approach is therefore needed. To assess the pattern the ocular morbidity among school going children of an urban area in Kancheepuram district, Tamilnadu were studied.
Morbidity, Children, Infectious Diseases, Preterm Birth
