Epilation for trachomatous trichiasis and the risk of corneal opacification

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-89

  Rajak, Saul N ^a   Habtamu, Esmael ^b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Bedri, Amir ^c   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Genet, Asrat ^d   Khaw, Peng T ^e   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Mabey, David C W ^a   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^b   Burton, Matthew J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Light for the World   (Austria)

^d Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTROPION; EPILATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CORNEAL OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYELASHES; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 84855300769     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.045     Document Type: Article

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