Risk Factors for Recurrence of Postoperative Trichiasis: Implications for Trachoma Blindness Prevention

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 511-516

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Kandel, Ram P ^b   Sharma, Bassant ^b   Dean, Deborah ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Lumbini Rana Ambika Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELASH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

EID: 1842530287     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.4.511     Document Type: Article

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