Onchocerciasis;Onchozerkose

Hautarzt

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 513-517

  Enk, C D ^a,c   Gardlo, K ^b   Ruzicka, T ^b   BenEzra, D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Epidemiology; Eye symptoms; Onchocerciasis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATROPHY; BLINDNESS; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CHOICE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INSECT BITE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; SLIT LAMP; VITILIGO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0038745415     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-003-0531-4     Document Type: Article

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