Topical therapy of hyperendemic trachoma with rifampicin, oxytetracycline, or spiramycin eye ointments.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on January 01, 1980

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S Darougar, B R Jones, N Viswalingam, J Allami, D Minassian, M A Farahmandian, A Houshmand

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