A survey of trachoma: The histopathology and the mechanism of progressive cicatrization of eyelid tissues

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-284

  Guzey, Mustafa ^a,c   Ozardali, Ilyas ^a   Basar, Emel ^b   Aslan, Gonul ^a   Satici, Ahmet ^a   Karadede, Sezin ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Forsa Sokak Guney Ap   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic progressive cicatrization; Entropion; Histopathologic evaluation; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTROPION; EYELID; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LACRIMAL GLAND; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; SCAR FORMATION; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TRACHOMA; VASCULAR AMYLOIDOSIS;

EID: 0034117617     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027504     Document Type: Article

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