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Abstract #14889 Published in IGR 8-4
Blindness
Faschinger ChrSpektrum der Augenheilkunde 2006; 20: 158-163
Blindness will be discussed under several points of view, like interpretations in dictionaries, definitions by WHO and in Austria, historical and mythological meanings, a few blind persons, associations to the word blind, blindness in ophthalmology with statistical data worldwide and from Austria, relation between blindness and glaucoma and the resulting costs. LA: German
Dr. Chr. Faschinger, Medizinische Universitat Graz, Augenklinik, Auenbruggerplatz 4, 8036 Graz, Austria
Classification:
1.5 Glaucomas as cause of blindness (Part of: 1 General aspects)
