Epidemiology and aetiological diagnosis of corneal ulceration in Madurai, south India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 965-971

  Srinivasan, M ^a   Gonzales, Christine A ^b   George, Celine ^a   Cevallos, Vicky ^b   Mascarenhas, Jeena M ^a   Asokan, B ^a   Wilkins, John ^b   Smolin, Gilbert ^b   Whitcher, John P ^b  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030862135     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.11.965     Document Type: Article

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