Routine vitamin A supplementation for the prevention of blindness due to measles infection in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bello, Segun ^a   Meremikwu, Martin M ^a   Ejemot, Regina I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MEASLES; META ANALYSIS; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 70349116111     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007719     Document Type: Review

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