Vitamin A status and ocular lesions in some rural Nigerians with onchocerciasis

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1293-1297

  Nmorsi, O P G ^a   Ukwandu, N C D ^a   Egwunyenga, O A ^b   Anyanwu, L C ^a   Edafe, J ^a   Odike, M A C ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Microfilariae; Ocular lesions; Onchocerciasis; Rural Nigerians; Visual impairment; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRIDOCYCLITIS; JUXTAPAPILLARY RETINOCHORIOIDITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NIGERIA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; RETINITIS; RURAL AREA; SCLEROSING KERATITIS; SEX RATIO; SKIN CULTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 34250779983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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