Ocular toxocariasis in a North Indian population

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 328-330

  Mirdha, Bijay Ranjan ^a   Khokar, Sudershan Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0036915021     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.6.328     Document Type: Article

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