Effect of Onchocerca volvulus infestation on plasma vitamin A concentration in school children in a rural region of Cameroon;Influence de l'infestation par Onchocerca volvulus sur le taux serique de vitamine A des enfants scolarises en zone rurale du Cameroun

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-155

  Zambou, Ngoufack François ^a   Mbiapo, Tchouanguep Félicité ^a   Lando, Gabriel ^b   Tchana, Kouatchoua Angèle ^b   Gouado, Innocent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032884642     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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