Orbital dirofilariasis

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 378-380

  Stringfellow, Gavin J ^a   Francis, Ian C ^a,c   Coroneo, Minas T ^a   Walker, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Dirofilariasis; Orbit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE SURGERY; EYELID EDEMA; FILARIASIS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT INFLAMMATION; PTOSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; ANIMALS; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036796914     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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