Red-dot card test of the paracentral field as a screening test for optic nerve disease in onchocerciasis.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on January 01, 1996

Authors

I Murdoch1, B R Jones, O E Babalola, S N Cousens, I Bolarin, A Abiose

Author Affiliations

1: Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.

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