Onchocerciasis: A potential risk factor for glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 796-798

  Egbert, Peter R ^a   Jacobson, D W ^b   Fiadoyor, S ^c   Dadzie, P ^c   Ellingson, K D ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Bishop John Ackon Christian Eye Centre   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; TRABECULECTOMY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 21344433606     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.061895     Document Type: Article

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