Ocular filariasis: Not strictly tropical

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-208

  Rouhette, H ^a,c   Marty, P ^a   Zur, C ^a   Bain, O ^b   Fenollar, S ^a   Gastaud, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c University Hospital of Nice University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

Author keywords

Conjunctival dirofilariasis; Dirofilaria repens; Ocular filariasis; Zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; WORM EXPULSION;

EID: 0032931702     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027421     Document Type: Article

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