Red-dot card test of the paracentral field as a screening test for optic nerve disease in onchocerciasis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 573-576

  Murdoch, I ^a,b,e   Jones, B R ^a,b   Babalola, O E ^a   Cousens, S N ^c   Bolarin, I ^a   Abiose, A ^a,d  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0030484461     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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