Results 151 to 160 of about 5,105 (207)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.
Related searches:
Related searches:
Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2009 PURPOSE: International and national programs to control vitamin A deficiency disorders (VADD) among children in developing countries are reducing the magnitude but VADD still occurs in deprived populations.
Rajiv Khandekar +2 more
exaly +2 more sources
PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF XEROPHTHALMIA IN SOUTHERN MALAWI
American Journal of Epidemiology, 1986 The first population-based study of xerophthalmia in Africa was conducted in the Lower Shire River Valley of Malawi in the autumn of 1983. A total of 5,436 children under six years of age were examined by three survey teams over an eight-week period. The
Alfred Sommer, James Tielsch
exaly +2 more sources
Corneal Xerophthalmia and Keratomalacia
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1982Detailed examinations were conducted on 162 consecutive children with nutritional keratopathy. Surface changes ranged from mild haziness through generalized xerosis and formation of thickened keratinized plaques. Diffuse stromal edema occured early in the disease.
A, Sommer, T, Sugana
openaire +4 more sources
Xerophthalmia and Cystic Fibrosis
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1990We treated two infants with failure to thrive who presented with clinical evidence of conjunctival and corneal xerosis. One patient was referred with possible infectious corneal ulcer thought to exist because there were deep peripheral ulcerations of the cornea and associated hypopyon. The other patient was initially thought to have a nasolacrimal duct
H L, Brooks, W T, Driebe, G G, Schemmer
openaire +2 more sources
Surgical treatment of xerophthalmia
The Laryngoscope, 1973AbstractDuring the past year, two patients suffering from xerophthalmia were treated by transposition of Stensen's duct into the inferior conjunctival fornix. The case history of one patient is reviewed and the operative technique as well as a modification which allows for a simultaneous reconstruction of an obliterated fornix are described.
E, Shanon, M, Lazar, C, Redianu
openaire +2 more sources
Vitamin A Deficiency and Xerophthalmia
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1990Vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia are widely considered to be problems of developing countries. Indeed, more than 60 such countries are recognized by the World Health Organization as suffering from an aggregate 5 million new cases of xerophthalmia, one quarter million resulting in blindness, every year.
openaire +2 more sources