Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 243-255 , March 2004

Measles blindness

  • Richard D. Semba, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Dr. Richard D. Semba, 550 North Broadway, Suite 700, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
    • ,
  • Martin W. Bloem, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Helen Keller International, Jakarta, Indonesia

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☆ This review was supported by the National Institutes of Health (HD32247, HD30042, AI41956), the Fogarty International Center, and the United States Agency for International Development (Cooperative Agreement HRN A-0097-00015-00). The authors reported no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.

PII: S0039-6257(03)00179-6

doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2003.12.005

Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 49, Issue 2 , Pages 243-255 , March 2004

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