Longitudinal study of trachomatous trichiasis in the Gambia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-343

  Bowman, Richard J C ^a   Faal, H ^a   Myatt, M ^a   Adegbola, R ^a   Foster, A ^a   Johnson, G J ^a   Bailey, R L ^a  

^a International Centre for Eye Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0036197668     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.3.339     Document Type: Article

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