Intra-oral Dirofilaria repens infection: Report of seven cases

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 502-505

  Tilakaratne, W M ^a   Pitakotuwage, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Buccal mucosa; Dirofilaria repens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIROFILARIA REPENS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION;

DIROFILARIA IMMITUS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIA TENICES;

EID: 0041926729     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2003.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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