Distribution of Astigmatism among School Children Who Fail Vision Screening in South India.

Sruthi Sree Krishnamurthy Subhiksha Rangavittal Ambika Chandrasekar Anuradha Narayanan

Published in: Ophthalmic epidemiology (2022)

More than 50% of children who failed vision screening with refractive errors presented with astigmatism. Prevalence was higher among primary school children. Presence of higher magnitude and unilateral astigmatism is amblyogenic and needs early intervention.

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