Hookworm Infestation as a Risk Factor for Mooren's Ulcer in South India

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-453

  Zelefsky, Joseph R ^a   Srinivasan, Muthaiah ^b   Kundu, Arunava ^b   Lietman, Thomas ^c   Whitcher, John P ^c   Wang, Kun ^d   Buyse, Marc ^d   Cunningham Jr , Emmett T ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL DRUG DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847144439     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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