Climatic droplet keratopathy in the argentine patagonia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 744-746

  Urrets Zavalía, Julio A ^a   Knoll, Erna G ^a   Maccio, J Pablo ^a   Urrets Zavalía, Enrique A ^a   Saad, José A ^a   Serra, Horacio M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; PTERYGIUM; RURAL AREA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGENTINA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33645294411     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.10.044     Document Type: Article

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