An outbreak of trematode-induced granulomas of the conjunctiva

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1223-1229

  Rathinam, Sivakumar ^a   Fritsche, Thomas R ^b   Srinivasan, M ^a   Vijayalakshmi, P ^a   Read, Russell W ^c   Gautom, Romesh ^b   Namperumalsamy, P ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^c  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODIASIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WATER;

EID: 0034967202     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00604-2     Document Type: Article

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