Onchocerciasis in an expatriate living in Cameroon

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-13

  Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFILARIASIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031005466     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.1997.tb00767.x     Document Type: Article

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