Trachoma in late Greek antiquity and the early Byzantine periods

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 870-874

  Trompoukis, Constantinos ^a   Kourkoutas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Byzantine medicine; Greek antiquity; History of medicine; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYELID MUSCLE; GREECE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 38149081272     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I07-161     Document Type: Article

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