Evidence for the involvement of the optic nerve as a migration route for larvae in ocular toxocariasis of Mongolian gerbils

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 311-315

  Hayashi, E ^a   Akao, N ^a   Fujita, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERBIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PARASITE MIGRATION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; CHOROID HEMORRHAGE; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; TOXOCARA CANIS; VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0345305835     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003186     Document Type: Article

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