Xerophthalmia in northern Nigeria
Oomen, J.M.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine 23(3): 246-249
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232 PMID: 5315458 Document Number: 31218
Xerophthalmia is described in 5 children and 1 young woman in the wake of a measles epidemic in the dry savanna zone of northwestern Nigeria where sources of vitamin A are scarce.
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