Risk factors for optic nerve disease in communities mesoendemic for savannah onchocerciasis, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-98

  Cousens, S N ^a   Yahaya, H ^b   Murdoch, I ^b,c   Samaila, E ^b   Evans, J ^b,c   Babalola, O E ^b   Zakari, M ^d   Abiose, A ^b,e   Jones, B R ^b,c  

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

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research   (Nigeria)

^e National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

chloroquine; diethylcarbamazine; neurological disease; onchocerciasis; optic nerve disease; risk factors

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; RISK FACTOR; SYPHILIS;

EYE CARE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE;

NIGERIA, KADUNA STATE;

EID: 0030617926     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-124.x     Document Type: Article

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