Effect of trichiasis surgery on visual acuity outcomes in Ethiopia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1505-1510

  Woreta, Tinsay A ^a   Munoz, Beatriz E ^a   Gower, Emily W ^a   Alemayehu, Wondu ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; EYE CARE; EYELASH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE SURGERY; EYELID DISEASE; HAIR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRACHOMA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; ETHIOPIA; EYELASHES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TETRACYCLINE; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70449701783     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.278     Document Type: Article

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