Keratitis in children as seen in a tertiary hospital in Africa

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-393

  Ashaye, Adeyinka ^a,b   Aimola, Ayeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africans; Children adolescents; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOMYCOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 42349110162     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)31270-0     Document Type: Article

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