Loa loa infection of the eye - A case series;Loa-loa-infektion des auges - Eine fallserie

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-230

  Stemmle, Jonas ^a   Markwalder, K A ^b   Zinkernagel, A S ^b   Wirth, M C ^a   Grimm, F ^c   Hirsch Hoffmann, S ^a   Thiel, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eye infections; Filaria; Lidswelling; Loa loa; Mikrofilaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ERADICATION THERAPY; EYE IRRITATION; EYELID EDEMA; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; MICROFILARIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONJUNCTIVA; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TRAVEL;

EID: 17244382675     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-857979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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