Epidemic acute conjunctivitis.
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چکیده
Minor epidemics of conjunctivitis occur throughout the world. In I97I a large-scale epidemic of acute conjunctivitis swept this part of India with alarming rapidity, affecting innumerable people from all walks of life and with all levels of personal hygiene. Nonmedical people started calling it by a nickname "Jai-Bangla". This paper concerns observations based on documented cases selected at random from the Eye Outpatients' Department.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of ophthalmology
دوره 56 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972