Caterpillar setae in the deep cornea and anterior chamber

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 384-385

  Horng, Chi Ting ^a   Chou, Ping I ^a   Liang, Jy Been ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INSECT; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; LARVA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE FOREIGN BODIES; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; HAIR; HUMANS; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE;

EID: 0033998017     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00403-1     Document Type: Article

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