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Identifying Patient Perceived Barriers to Trichiasis Surgery in Kongwa District, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT), inturned eyelashes from repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. Though surgery will correct entropion caused by trachoma, uptake of TT surgery remains low. In this case-control study, we ident...
Autores principales: | Bickley, Ryan J., Mkocha, Harran, Munoz, Beatriz, West, Sheila |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5215731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28052070 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005211 |
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