Intraocular pressure and gonioscopic findings in rural communities mesoendemic and nonendemic for onchoceriasis, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 756-759

  Yang, Y F ^a   Cousens, S ^b   Murdoch, I E ^a,c   Babalola, O E ^d   Abiose, A ^d,e   Jones, B ^c,d  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Gonioscopy; Intraocular pressure; Nigeria; Onchocerciasis; Peripheral anterior synechiae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; TONOMETER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0035694382     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.244     Document Type: Article

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