Modupe M Balogun

Department of Ophthalmology, Lagos State Univeristy Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria

Publications

• Original Article   
  Burden and Spectrum of Amblyopia in a Pediatric Hospital Population Southwest Nigeria
  Author(s): Abdul Taofik Alarape, Mildred Ulaikere, Obiekwe Okoye*, Ogugua Okonkwo, Abdulraheem Olarongbe Mahmoud, Nkiru Nwachukwu, Modupe M Balogun and Kunle Hassan
  
  Background: To determine the prevalence, causes and subtypes of amblyopia among children attending pediatric ophthalmology clinic of Eye Foundation Hospital (EFH) and Deseret Eye Centre (DEC) in Ikeja, Lagos. Methods: The study was a cross-sectional descriptive study, among newly diagnosed and follow up patients of pediatric age group attending the pediatric ophthalmology clinics of Eye Foundation Hospital (EFH) and Deseret Eye Centre (DEC) in Ikeja, Lagos between 15th of November 2014 and 15th of May 2015. Data on socio-demographics, ocular history and ocular examination was collected. Descriptive and comparative analyses were performed. Values of p<0.05 were considered statistically significant. Findings: A total of 441 children (355 patients from EFH and 86 from DEC) aged 9.4 ± 3.9SD years (ra.. Read More»