Solar retinopathy following religious rituals.
Open Access
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 72 (12), 931-934
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.72.12.931
Abstract
Four cases of solar retinopathy due to sun gazing during religious rituals are reported. All four patients suffered irreversible visual loss.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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