Surgery for trichiasis, antibiotics to prevent recurrence (STAR) clinical trial methodology

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-286

  West, Emily S ^a   Alemayehu, Wondu ^b   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Melese, Muluken ^b   Imeru, Alemush ^a   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic therapy; Azithromycin; Chlamydia trachomatis; Ethiopia; Star clinical trial; Tetracycline; Trachoma recurrence; Trachoma surgery; Trial methodology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TRICHIASIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE SURGERY; EYELASH; EYELID DISEASE; HAIR DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TETRACYCLINE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 24944588034     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580591005769     Document Type: Article

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