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Original Article

Ocular Abnormalities and Systemic Disease in Down Syndrome

Retrospective clinical study, University Eye Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia

, MD, PhD
Pages 74-77 | Received 22 Sep 2011, Accepted 13 Mar 2012, Published online: 21 May 2012

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