Zoonotic subcutaneous dirofilariasis in Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-65

  Athari, Amid ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria repens; Dirofilariasis; Subcutaneous nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FILARIASIS; FOREHEAD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRAVEL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0038545885     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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