Ocular complications in newly diagnosed borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy patients: Baseline profile of the Indian cohort

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1336-1340

  Daniel, Ebenezer ^a   Koshy, S ^a   Sundar Rao, G ^a   Rao, P S S S ^a  

^a Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CATARACT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; ECTROPION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; IRIS ATROPHY; LACRIMAL DUCT OCCLUSION; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LEG MALFORMATION; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LIMB DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036895138     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.12.1336     Document Type: Review

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