Ocular findings after ivermectin treatment of patients with high Loa loa microfilaremia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Fobi, Grace ^a   Gardon, Jacques ^b   Santiago, Michel ^b   Ngangue, Demanga ^c   Gardon Wendel, Nathalie ^b   Boussinesq, Michel ^b,d  

^a YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Conjunctival hemorrhage; Ivermectin; Loa loa; Ocular complications; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COMA; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; EYE FUNDUS; EYELID; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANSONELLA PERSTANS; MICROFILARIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034022444     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0928-6586(200003)711-2ft027     Document Type: Article

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