Surgical removal of a subretinal proliferating cysticercus of Taeniaeformis crassiceps

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 562-563

  Chuck, Roy S ^a   Olk, R Joseph ^a,b   Weil, Gary J ^a   Akduman, Levent ^a   Benenson, Igor L ^a   Smith, Morton E ^a   Kaplan, Henry J ^a  

^a Campus Box 8096 ^*

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESTODE; CYSTICERCUS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030945934     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150564028     Document Type: Article

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