Ocular angiostrongylus cantonensis in a female Vietnamese patient: Case report;Okuläre angiostrongyliasis cantonensis bei einer Vietnamesischen patientin: Ein fallbericht

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 219, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 892-895

  Thu, Tran P ^a   Nguyen, Nhung Xuan ^b   Lan, Le T ^a   Küchle, Michael ^b  

^a Zentrum für Augenheilkunde   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Ocular manifestations

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE; STEROID;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE INFECTION; EYE PAIN; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPHEMA; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MENINGITIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0036993753     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36945     Document Type: Article

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