Corneal ulcers in a tertiary hospital in Northern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 165-170

  Oladigbolu, Kehinde ^a   Rafindadi, Abdulkadir ^a   Abah, Emmanuel ^a   Samaila, Elsie ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Corneal ulcers; predisposing factors; visual outcome

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CORNEA ULCER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL ULCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884553029     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.117626     Document Type: Article

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