The red eye revisited: Ophthalmia nodosa due to tarantula hairs

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 565-567

  Belyea, David A ^a,b,c   Tuman, David C ^a,b   Ward, Thomas P ^a,b   Babonis, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a Walter Reed Army Medical Center ^*

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Maine Eye Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HUMAN; IRITIS; OPHTHALMIA NODOSA; SPIDER; URTICARIA;

EID: 0031801687     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199806000-00011     Document Type: Article

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