Blindness and visual impairment in a region endemic for onchocerciasis in the Central African Republic

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 443-447

  Schwartz, E C ^a   Huss, R ^b   Hopkins, A ^c   Dadjim, B ^d   Madjitoloum, P ^d   Henault C ^e   Klauss, V ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b German Technical Co operation   (Central African Republic)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre l'Onchocercose et la Cécité PNLOC   (Central African Republic)

^d Universite de Bangui   (Central African Republic)

^e Biometric Center for Therapeutic Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030857323     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.6.443     Document Type: Article

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