Reduction in incidence of optic nerve disease with annual ivermectin to control onchocerciasis.

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Published in Lancet on January 16, 1993

Authors

A Abiose1, B R Jones, S N Cousens, I Murdoch, A Cassels-Brown, O E Babalola, N D Alexander, I Nuhu, J Evans, U F Ibrahim

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ophthalmology, Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna, Nigeria.

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