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. 2014 May;98(5):706-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304810. Epub 2014 Feb 6.

Follicle size in trachoma: assessment of a well-known trachoma grading diagram

Daniel P Morberg  1 , Abdou Amza, Sintayehu Gebresillasie, Zerihun Tadesse, Sun N Yu, Nicole E Stoller, Paul M Emerson, Bruce D Gaynor, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan
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Follicle size in trachoma: assessment of a well-known trachoma grading diagram

Daniel P Morberg et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Conjunctiva; Diagnostic Tests/Investigation; Public Health.

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Estimated diameter of each of the 5 follicles on the WHO trachoma grading diagram, as standardized against conjunctival photographs of Ethiopian children aged 1–9 years and Nigerien children aged 1–5 years. Follicles are numbered in the order that they appear on the diagram, from the furthest left (follicle 1) to the furthest right (follicle 5). Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. Size markers corresponding to 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5mm are shown to the right of the chart.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Average follicle diameter from the WHO trachoma grading diagram, as standardized against the conjunctiva of children of different ages. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals.
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