African Journal of
Medical and Health Sciences

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL, ABAKALIKI, NIGERIA
  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Med. Health Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2384-5589
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMHS
  • Start Year: 2017
  • Published Articles: 78

Full Length Research Paper

Pattern of refractive errors in persons with albinism in two states of North-Western Nigeria

Sadiq Hassan
  • Sadiq Hassan
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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Saudat G. Habib
  • Saudat G. Habib
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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Philips I. Ebisike
  • Philips I. Ebisike
  • Department of Optometry, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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Rabi Y. Sani
  • Rabi Y. Sani
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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Eiman Bashir
  • Eiman Bashir
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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Saudat M. Umar
  • Saudat M. Umar
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe/Gombe State University, Gombe State, Nigeria.
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Abdu Lawan
  • Abdu Lawan
  • Department of Ophthalmology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 17 February 2021
  •  Accepted: 13 September 2021
  •  Published: 31 October 2021

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