Modified grading system for upper eyelid trachomatous trichiasis

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-80

  Melese, Muluken ^a,d   Alemayehu, Wondu ^a   Bejiga, Abebe ^b   Adamu, Yilikal ^c   Worku, Alemayehu ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Menelik II Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^d NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Grading system; Trachoma; Trichiasis grading; Upper eyelid trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTROPION; EYELASH; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; UPPER EYELID;

EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0037385659     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.2.75.13895     Document Type: Article

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