Scalp myiasis in an immigrant child;Miasis del cuero cabelludo en niño inmigrante

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-116

  Belda Hofheinz, S ^a,b   Guillen Martin S ^a   Perez Campos D ^a   Rasero Ponferrada, M ^a   Ramos Amador, J T ^a   Salto Fernandez E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Myiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FURUNCULOSIS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MYIASIS; SCALP;

EID: 0041663737     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13048796     Document Type: Article

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