Pattern of recurrence of trachomatous trichiasis after surgery: Surgical technique as an explanation

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 705-709

  Merbs, Shannath L ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   West, Emily S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE INFECTION; EYELASH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCLERA; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; HAIR DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 16244423330     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.10.037     Document Type: Article

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