Recent advances in ocular leprosy

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 135-150

  Samanta, Swapan K ^a,b   Das, D ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARTIFICIAL TEAR; DAPSONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA ULCER; DRY EYE; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KERATITIS; LAGOPHTHALMOS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRICHIASIS; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LEPROSY;

EID: 36448933854     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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