Long term outcome of trichiasis surgery in the Gambia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 575-579

  Burton, Motthew J ^a,b   Bowman, R J C ^a,c,d   Faal, H ^c   Aryee, E A N ^b   Ikumapayi, U N ^b   Alexander, N D E ^a   Adegbola, R A ^b   West, S K ^e   Mabey, D C W ^a   Foster, A ^a   Johnson, G J ^a,f   Bailey, R L ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c National Eye Care Programme   (Gambia)

^d CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 20244382834     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.055996     Document Type: Article

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