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. 1979 Feb;174(2):166-76.

[Aetiology and therapy of Mooren's ulcer (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
H J Trojan
  • PMID: 439692

[Aetiology and therapy of Mooren's ulcer (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
H J Trojan. Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1979 Feb.

Abstract

A report is given of 34 cases of Ulcus rodens of the eye (Mooren), which were examined and treaded during a period of five years in Togo, West Africa. The cases were divided into two groups according to the development of the disease. In fourteen cases the progress of the disease was arrested by local treatment (described individually for each eye), and by simultaneous treatment of the Helminthosis (Ascaris lumbricoides and Ankylostoma duodenale), from which the patients were also suffering. It seems likely that Ulcus rodens is caused by an antigen-antibody reaction to Helminth toxins.

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